delighted
/dɪˈlaɪtɪd/
"delighted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“delighted” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,126
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Greatly pleased.
Corpus desk
Index EN-delighted · delighted · English
delighted · rank #6,126 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,126
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH darling
Nearest frequency peer: darling (-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 “delighted”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dairy
dairy
93,878 corpus weight
- Dakota
Dakota
93,877 corpus weight
- darling
darling
93,876 corpus weight
- delighted
delighted
93,875 corpus weight
- delivering
delivering
93,874 corpus weight
- destroying
destroying
93,873 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “delighted” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | delighted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “delighted” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around delighted (IPA /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,126 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for delighted, with forms such as "ddelighted", "deilghted", and "delgihted". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "delights", "delight", "delegated", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 delighted, spelled D-E-L-I-G-H-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Greatly pleased.
- 2Filled with wonder and delight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how delighted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Number forty-seven said to number three: / You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. / I sure would be delighted with your company. / Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddelighted
- deilghted
- delgihted
- deligghted
- delighetd
- delighhted
- delightde
- delightedd
- delightted
- deligthed
- delihgted
- dellighted
- dleighted
- edlighted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of delighted - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "delighted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "delighted" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "delights". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,126 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.