# checkered

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #33,171

## Definitions
1. Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
2. Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.

## Etymology
From checker + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **cheered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checkered-vs-cheered)
- **checked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checkered)
- **checker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-checkered)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccheckered`, `cehckered`, `chcekered`, `checckered`, `checekred`, `checkeerd`, `checkerde`, `checkeredd`, `checkerred`, `checkkered`, `checkreed`, `chekcered`, `chheckered`, `hceckered`

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