contaminated
"contaminated" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contaminated” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,186
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adulterated; impure
Corpus desk
Index EN-contaminated · contaminated · English
contaminated · rank #11,186 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,186
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH confederate
Nearest frequency peer: confederate (-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 “contaminated”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- comprehend
comprehend
88,818 corpus weight
- compulsory
compulsory
88,817 corpus weight
- confederate
confederate
88,816 corpus weight
- contaminated
contaminated
88,815 corpus weight
- contaminati…
contamination
88,814 corpus weight
- coping
coping
88,812 corpus weight
What this shows “contaminated” 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 | contaminated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “contaminated”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around contaminated, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,186 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for contaminated, with forms such as "ccontaminated", "cnotaminated", and "conatminated". 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, "contaminate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is contaminated, spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1adulterated; impure
- 2made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contaminated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A "contaminated" runway has over 25% of its surface area covered with standing water or slush (or loose snow) more than 3mm thick, or compressed snow and ice anywhere along the takeoff run or accelerate-stop surface.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontaminated
- cnotaminated
- conatminated
- conntaminated
- contaimnated
- contamianted
- contaminaetd
- contaminatde
- contaminatedd
- contaminatted
- contaminnated
- contamintaed
- contamminated
- contamniated
- contmainated
- conttaminated
- cotnaminated
- ocntaminated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contaminated - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "contaminated", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).