desired
/dɪˈzaɪəd/
"desired" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“desired” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,492
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of desire
Corpus desk
Index EN-desired · desired · English
desired · rank #5,492 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,492
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH der
Nearest frequency peer: der (-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 “desired”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- deadly
deadly
94,512 corpus weight
- decides
decides
94,511 corpus weight
- der
der
94,510 corpus weight
- desired
desired
94,509 corpus weight
- determinati…
determination
94,508 corpus weight
- embrace
embrace
94,507 corpus weight
What this shows “desired” 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 | desired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈzaɪəd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “desired”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around desired (IPA /dɪˈzaɪəd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,492 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of desire".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for desired, with forms such as "ddesired", "deisred", and "desierd". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "desires", "devised", "destined", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is desired, spelled D-E-S-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of desire
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesired
- deisred
- desierd
- desirde
- desiredd
- desirred
- desried
- dessired
- dseired
- edsired
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desired - 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
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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).