# detected

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈtɛktɪd/ · frequency rank #6,460

## Definitions
1. Having been noticed.

## Easily confused with
- **directed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detected-vs-directed)
- **detector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detected-vs-detector)
- **detect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detect-vs-detected)
- **deleted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deleted-vs-detected)
- **defeated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defeated-vs-detected)
- **detached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detached-vs-detected)
- **depicted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depicted-vs-detected)
- **deserted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deserted-vs-detected)
- **demented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demented-vs-detected)
- **dejected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dejected-vs-detected)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddetected`, `deetcted`, `detceted`, `deteccted`, `detecetd`, `detectde`, `detectedd`, `detectted`, `detetced`, `dettected`, `dteected`, `edtected`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/detected