conjoined

adj

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"conjoined" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“conjoined” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,342
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.

Corpus desk

Index EN-conjoined · conjoined · English

conjoined · rank #38,342 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,342
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH conde

Nearest frequency peer: conde (-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 “conjoined”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “conjoined” 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).

conjoined vs contained
78% similar
conjoined vs confined
78% similar

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

Key facts for conjoined
PropertyValue
Headwordconjoined
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,342
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “conjoined”

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).conjoinedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “conde” (#38,341), “controversially” (#38,344), “credo” (#38,345). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “conjoined” is #38,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around conjoined, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,342 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 conjoined, with forms such as "cconjoined", "cnojoined", and "cojnoined". 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, "contained", "confined", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From conjoin + -ed. The correct English form is conjoined, spelled C-O-N-J-O-I-N-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.
  2. 2
    Joined or bound together; united (in a relationship).
  3. 3
    Combined.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 1580s, Ovid, Elegia VI, Book I, translated by Christopher Marlowe, in Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Poems and Translations, Stephen Orgel (ed.), Penguin, 1971, p. 110, And farewell cruel posts, rough threshold's block, / And doors conjoined with an hard iron lock!
  2. Now envy and antipathy, passions irreconcilable in reason, nevertheless in fact may spring conjoined like Chang and Eng in one birth.

Etymology

From conjoin + -ed.

This word in other languages

chacho(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconjoined
  • cnojoined
  • cojnoined
  • conjioned
  • conjjoined
  • conjoiend
  • conjoinde
  • conjoinedd
  • conjoinned
  • conjonied
  • connjoined
  • conojined
  • ocnjoined

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconjoined1cnojoined2cojnoined2conjioned2conjjoined1conjoiend2conjoinde2conjoinedd1
Edit distance from "conjoined"

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 "conjoined"?
"conjoined" is spelled C-O-N-J-O-I-N-E-D.
What does "conjoined" mean?
As an adjective, "conjoined" means: Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.
What words are commonly confused with "conjoined"?
"conjoined" is commonly confused with "contained", "confined". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "conjoined"?
From conjoin + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

dynastic13 variantsblighted13 variantsEsmeralda13 variantsapologist13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list