derided
"derided" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“derided” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,363
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-derided · derided · English
derided · rank #38,363 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,363
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deprecating
Nearest frequency peer: deprecating (-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 “derided”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Denison
Denison
61,641 corpus weight
- dented
dented
61,640 corpus weight
- deprecating
deprecating
61,639 corpus weight
- derided
derided
61,638 corpus weight
- designates
designates
61,637 corpus weight
- despatched
despatched
61,636 corpus weight
What this shows “derided” 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 | derided |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “derided”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around derided, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,363 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for derided, with forms such as "dderided", "deirded", and "derdied". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "dried", "derive", "divided", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is derided, spelled D-E-R-I-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how derided appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more not…
There is nothing more derided than the raptures of a young affection.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dderided
- deirded
- derdied
- deridde
- deridded
- deridedd
- deriedd
- derrided
- dreided
- edrided
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of derided - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).