deranged
/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/
"deranged" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deranged” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,349
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disturbed or upset, especially mentally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deranged · deranged · English
deranged · rank #22,349 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,349
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deplorable
Nearest frequency peer: deplorable (-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 “deranged”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- demeanor
demeanor
77,655 corpus weight
- Deng
Deng
77,654 corpus weight
- deplorable
deplorable
77,653 corpus weight
- deranged
deranged
77,652 corpus weight
- detergent
detergent
77,651 corpus weight
- detour
detour
77,650 corpus weight
What this shows “deranged” 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 | deranged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deranged”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around deranged (IPA /dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,349 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for deranged, with forms such as "dderanged", "dearnged", and "deragned". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dragged", "demanded", "derailed", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French dérangé. The correct English form is deranged, spelled D-E-R-A-N-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1Disturbed or upset, especially mentally.
- 2Insane.
- 3Malfunctioning or inoperative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deranged appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Though Bane's sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn't have any of the Joker's deranged wit, and Nolan isn't interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
When he was finally arrested, Sutcliffe hoped that by claiming to be deranged he would be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder, and therefore sent to hospital and perhaps released after 10 years.
Etymology
From French dérangé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dderanged
- dearnged
- deragned
- deranegd
- derangde
- derangedd
- derangged
- derannged
- dernaged
- derranged
- dreanged
- edranged
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deranged - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).