coalesced
/ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛst/
"coalesced" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coalesced” is uncommon English (frequency #52,224 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,224
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of coalesce
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coalesced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coalesced” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coalesced is uncommon English at frequency #52,224 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of coalesce".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coalesced, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is coalesced, spelled C-O-A-L-E-S-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of coalesce
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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Using “coalesced”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-A-L-E-S-C-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.