compelled
/kəmˈpɛld/
"compelled" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“compelled” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,829
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Driven; forced.
Corpus desk
Index EN-compelled · compelled · English
compelled · rank #10,829 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,829
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Clyde
Nearest frequency peer: Clyde (-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 “compelled”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- classy
classy
89,175 corpus weight
- clicks
clicks
89,174 corpus weight
- Clyde
Clyde
89,173 corpus weight
- compelled
compelled
89,172 corpus weight
- concealed
concealed
89,171 corpus weight
- condemn
condemn
89,170 corpus weight
What this shows “compelled” 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 | compelled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəmˈpɛld/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “compelled”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around compelled (IPA /kəmˈpɛld/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,829 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Driven; forced.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for compelled, with forms such as "ccompelled", "cmopelled", and "comeplled". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "competed", "complied", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is compelled, spelled C-O-M-P-E-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Driven; forced.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compelled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I do believe state policymakers are very compelled to address those early years.
I was very compelled by the experience of watching Hamlet and the opening scene that has the ghost of his father on the parapet saying, “Revenge my death.”
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompelled
- cmopelled
- comeplled
- commpelled
- compeled
- compeleld
- compellde
- compelledd
- compleled
- comppelled
- copmelled
- ocmpelled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compelled - 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 "compelled", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).