civilized
/ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/
"civilized" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“civilized” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,492
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-civilized · civilized · English
civilized · rank #14,492 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,492
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chuckle
Nearest frequency peer: chuckle (-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 “civilized”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Chennai
Chennai
85,512 corpus weight
- cherish
cherish
85,511 corpus weight
- chuckle
chuckle
85,510 corpus weight
- civilized
civilized
85,509 corpus weight
- comb
comb
85,508 corpus weight
- completes
completes
85,507 corpus weight
What this shows “civilized” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civilized |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “civilized”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around civilized (IPA /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,492 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for civilized, with forms such as "ccivilized", "ciivlized", and "civiilzed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "civilised", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is civilized, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
- 2Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
- 3Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how civilized appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.
Like the wolf, man the hunter in killing the weak and unfit, actually works to maintain the health of the herd. But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccivilized
- ciivlized
- civiilzed
- civiliezd
- civilizde
- civilizedd
- civilizzed
- civillized
- civilzied
- civliized
- civvilized
- cviilized
- icvilized
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of civilized - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "civilized", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).