circumcised

noun

"circumcised" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“circumcised” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,176
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A circumcised person.

Corpus desk

Index EN-circumcised · circumcised · English

circumcised · rank #33,176 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,176
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cilantro

Nearest frequency peer: cilantro (-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 “circumcised”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “circumcised” 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
Key facts for circumcised
PropertyValue
Headwordcircumcised
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,176
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “circumcised”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).circumcisedlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “cilantro” (#33,175), “cit” (#33,177), “civics” (#33,178). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “circumcised” is #33,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around circumcised, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,176 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A circumcised person.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for circumcised, with forms such as "ccircumcised", "cicrumcised", and "circcumcised". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 circumcised, spelled C-I-R-C-U-M-C-I-S-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A circumcised person.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how circumcised appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. From far to near from near to far the circumciseds' sistrum
  2. 2018 Michael Burteaux, Academia.Edu and ResearchGate.Net It also indicates some protection of the circumciseds against syphilis and gonorrhoea but they are more prone to genital warts.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccircumcised
  • cicrumcised
  • circcumcised
  • circmucised
  • circucmised
  • circumccised
  • circumciesd
  • circumcisde
  • circumcisedd
  • circumcissed
  • circumcsied
  • circumicsed
  • circummcised
  • cirrcumcised
  • cirucmcised
  • cricumcised
  • icrcumcised

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circumcised - 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.

ccircumcised1cicrumcised2circcumcised1circmucised2circucmised2circumccised1circumciesd2circumcisde2
Edit distance from "circumcised"

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 "circumcised"?
"circumcised" is spelled C-I-R-C-U-M-C-I-S-E-D.
What does "circumcised" mean?
As a noun, "circumcised" means: A circumcised person.
What are common misspellings of "circumcised"?
Common misspellings include "ccircumcised", "cicrumcised", "circcumcised", "circmucised", "circucmised". The correct spelling is "circumcised".
What language does "circumcised" come from?
"circumcised" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list