diluted

adj

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"diluted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“diluted” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,601
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has had something added in order to dilute it.

Corpus desk

Index EN-diluted · diluted · English

diluted · rank #15,601 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,601
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dillon

Nearest frequency peer: Dillon (-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 “diluted”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “diluted” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

diluted vs disused
71% similar
diluted vs disputed
75% similar
diluted vs dilute
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for diluted
PropertyValue
Headworddiluted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,601
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “diluted”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dilutedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Dillon” (#15,600), “doping” (#15,602), “denounced” (#15,599). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “diluted” is #15,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around diluted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,601 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That has had something added in order to dilute it.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for diluted, with forms such as "ddiluted", "dilluted", and "diltued". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "disused", "disputed", "dilute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is diluted, spelled D-I-L-U-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    That has had something added in order to dilute it.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how diluted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. diluted orange juice

Antonyms

concentrated

This word in other languages

diluido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiluted
  • dilluted
  • diltued
  • diluetd
  • dilutde
  • dilutedd
  • dilutted
  • diulted
  • dliuted
  • idluted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diluted - 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.

ddiluted1dilluted1diltued2diluetd2dilutde2dilutedd1dilutted1diulted2
Edit distance from "diluted"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diluted"?
"diluted" is spelled D-I-L-U-T-E-D.
What does "diluted" mean?
As an adjective, "diluted" means: That has had something added in order to dilute it.
What words are commonly confused with "diluted"?
"diluted" is commonly confused with "disused", "disputed", "dilute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "diluted" come from?
"diluted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diluted", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elusive#15,604concord#15,588cleanse#15,586cascade#15,582

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grumpy10 variantsanomaly10 variantsAmbrose10 variantsalleging10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list