clogged

adj

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"clogged" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“clogged” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,064
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having an obstructed flow; blocked.

Corpus desk

Index EN-clogged · clogged · English

clogged · rank #20,064 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,064
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cohesion

Nearest frequency peer: cohesion (+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 “clogged”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “clogged” 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).

clogged vs closed
71% similar
clogged vs clothed
71% similar
clogged vs clouded
71% similar

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

Key facts for clogged
PropertyValue
Headwordclogged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,064
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “clogged”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).cloggedlands 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 “cohesion” (#20,065), “Clair” (#20,062), “colo” (#20,066). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “clogged” is #20,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around clogged, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,064 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having an obstructed flow; blocked.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for clogged, with forms such as "cclogged", "clgoged", and "cllogged". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "closed", "clothed", "clouded", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is clogged, spelled C-L-O-G-G-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having an obstructed flow; blocked.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. the toilet is clogged

This word in other languages

obstruido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclogged
  • clgoged
  • cllogged
  • cloged
  • clogegd
  • cloggde
  • cloggedd
  • colgged
  • lcogged

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clogged - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cclogged1clgoged2cllogged1cloged1clogegd2cloggde2cloggedd1colgged2
Edit distance from "clogged"

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 "clogged"?
"clogged" is spelled C-L-O-G-G-E-D.
What does "clogged" mean?
As an adjective, "clogged" means: Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
What words are commonly confused with "clogged"?
"clogged" is commonly confused with "closed", "clothed", "clouded". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "clogged" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cheaply#20,059Chatham#20,058conduit#20,070budding#20,055

Similar misspelling depth

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

compel9 variantsChiang9 variantsbrittle9 variantsbooths9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list