# checked

> English word · Adjective · IPA /t͡ʃɛkt/ · frequency rank #2,779

## Definitions
1. Marked with a check mark.
2. Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
3. Of syllables, having a coda.
4. Of consonants, glottalized.
5. Verified or validated in some way.
6. Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
7. Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.

## Easily confused with
- **checks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checks)
- **choked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-choked)
- **chewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-chewed)
- **cocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-cocked)
- **chicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-chicken)
- **cracked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-cracked)
- **clicked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-clicked)
- **cheered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-cheered)
- **clocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-clocked)
- **checker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checker)
- **checkup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checkup)
- **chucked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-chucked)
- **chested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-chested)
- **checkered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checkered)
- **check** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/check-vs-checked)
- **cheated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheated-vs-checked)
- **Chechen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chechen-vs-checked)
- **chalked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chalked-vs-checked)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchecked`, `cehcked`, `chceked`, `checcked`, `checekd`, `checkde`, `checkedd`, `checkked`, `chekced`, `chhecked`, `hcecked`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/checked