decommissioned
"decommissioned" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“decommissioned” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,515
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of decommission
Corpus desk
Index EN-decommissioned · decommissioned · English
decommissioned · rank #36,515 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,515
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH defensible
Nearest frequency peer: defensible (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “decommissioned”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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What this shows Bars show where “decommissioned” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decommissioned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #36,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “decommissioned” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around decommissioned, averb. Corpus frequency is #36,515 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of decommission".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for decommissioned, with forms such as "dceommissioned", "ddecommissioned", and "deccommissioned". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is decommissioned, spelled D-E-C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of decommission
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how decommissioned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That project would mean reinstating 5½ miles of decommissioned line between Tavistock, where a new single-platform railway station would be built alongside the 750-home housing estate currently under construction, and Bere Alston.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dceommissioned
- ddecommissioned
- deccommissioned
- decmomissioned
- decomimssioned
- decomissioned
- decommisioned
- decommisisoned
- decommissinoed
- decommissioend
- decommissionde
- decommissionedd
- decommissionned
- decommissoined
- decommsisioned
- deocmmissioned
- edcommissioned
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of decommissioned - 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 "decommissioned", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.