choked

/tʃəʊkt/

//tʃəʊkt// verb

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"choked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“choked” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,293
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of choke

Corpus desk

Index EN-choked · choked · English

choked · rank #14,293 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,293
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH chevy

Nearest frequency peer: chevy (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “choked”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “choked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

choked vs coke
67% similar
choked vs coed
67% similar
choked vs chose
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for choked
PropertyValue
Headwordchoked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tʃəʊkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,293
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “choked”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).chokedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “chevy” (#14,292), “ci” (#14,294), “characterization” (#14,291). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “choked” is #14,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around choked (IPA /tʃəʊkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,293 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of choke".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for choked, with forms such as "cchoked", "chhoked", and "chkoed". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coke", "coed", "chose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is choked, spelled C-H-O-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of choke

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchoked
  • chhoked
  • chkoed
  • choekd
  • chokde
  • chokedd
  • chokked
  • cohked
  • hcoked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of choked - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchoked1chhoked1chkoed2choekd2chokde2chokedd1chokked1cohked2
Edit distance from "choked"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choked"?
"choked" is spelled C-H-O-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /tʃəʊkt/.
What does "choked" mean?
As a verb, "choked" means: simple past and past participle of choke
What words are commonly confused with "choked"?
"choked" is commonly confused with "coke", "coed", "chose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choked" is /tʃəʊkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choked" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "choked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Camden#14,288Dalton#14,307beetle#14,277devote#14,311

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list