dared
/dɛəd/
"dared" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dared” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,504
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of dare
Corpus desk
Index EN-dared · dared · English
dared · rank #14,504 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,504
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dams
Nearest frequency peer: dams (-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 “dared”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cruiser
cruiser
85,501 corpus weight
- cruising
cruising
85,500 corpus weight
- curl
curl
85,499 corpus weight
- dams
dams
85,498 corpus weight
- dared
dared
85,497 corpus weight
- dart
dart
85,496 corpus weight
What this shows “dared” 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 | dared |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɛəd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dared”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dared (IPA /dɛəd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,504 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of dare".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dared, with forms such as "adred", "daerd", and "darde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Dre", "ded", "date", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is dared, spelled D-A-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of dare
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dared appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Slumped way down in a chair, with both his feet. / Against the stove, the hottest day that summer. / He looked so clean disgusted from behind / There was no one that dared to stir him up , / Or let him know that he was being looked at . / Apparently I hadn't buried him ( I may have knocked him down ) ;[…]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adred
- daerd
- darde
- daredd
- darred
- ddared
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dared - 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 "dared", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).