deserved
/dɪˈzɜːvd/
"deserved" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deserved” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,673
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fair; merited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deserved · deserved · English
deserved · rank #5,673 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,673
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH depressed
Nearest frequency peer: depressed (-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 “deserved”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cow
cow
94,331 corpus weight
- curve
curve
94,330 corpus weight
- depressed
depressed
94,329 corpus weight
- deserved
deserved
94,328 corpus weight
- dining
dining
94,327 corpus weight
- duration
duration
94,325 corpus weight
What this shows “deserved” 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 | deserved |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈzɜːvd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deserved”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around deserved (IPA /dɪˈzɜːvd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,673 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fair; merited.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for deserved, with forms such as "ddeserved", "deesrved", and "deserevd". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "desired", "deservedly", "deserve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is deserved, spelled D-E-S-E-R-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1fair; merited.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deserved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But though he thus abstained from power, his eldest son, the present Lord Morpeth, as Secretary for Ireland at a critical period, acquired a higher reputation and a more deserved popularity than any statesman who ever held that office.
When the victim fails or refuses, the punishment is perceived as being more deserved.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeserved
- deesrved
- deserevd
- deserrved
- deservde
- deservedd
- deservved
- desevred
- desreved
- desserved
- dseerved
- edserved
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deserved - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "deserved", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).