corrugated

adj

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"corrugated" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“corrugated” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,791
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.

Corpus desk

Index EN-corrugated · corrugated · English

corrugated · rank #23,791 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,791
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH corolla

Nearest frequency peer: corolla (-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 “corrugated”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “corrugated” 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).

corrugated vs corrupted
80% similar
corrugated vs correlated
80% similar
corrugated vs conjugated
80% similar

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

Key facts for corrugated
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrugated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,791
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “corrugated”

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).corrugatedlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “corolla” (#23,790), “coz” (#23,792), “contrived” (#23,789). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “corrugated” is #23,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around corrugated, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,791 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for corrugated, with forms such as "ccorrugated", "corrguated", and "corruagted". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "corrupted", "correlated", "conjugated", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is corrugated, spelled C-O-R-R-U-G-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
  2. 2
    Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.

This word in other languages

corrugado(Español)ondulé(Français)gewellt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrugated
  • corrguated
  • corruagted
  • corrugaetd
  • corrugatde
  • corrugatedd
  • corrugatted
  • corruggated
  • corrugtaed
  • corugated
  • corurgated
  • crorugated
  • ocrrugated

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccorrugated1corrguated2corruagted2corrugaetd2corrugatde2corrugatedd1corrugatted1corruggated1
Edit distance from "corrugated"

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 "corrugated"?
"corrugated" is spelled C-O-R-R-U-G-A-T-E-D.
What does "corrugated" mean?
As an adjective, "corrugated" means: Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
What words are commonly confused with "corrugated"?
"corrugated" is commonly confused with "corrupted", "correlated", "conjugated". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "corrugated" come from?
"corrugated" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list