discarded
/dɪsˈkɑɹdɪd/
"discarded" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discarded” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,133
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of discard
Corpus desk
Index EN-discarded · discarded · English
discarded · rank #13,133 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,133
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH devised
Nearest frequency peer: devised (-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 “discarded”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cynical
cynical
86,871 corpus weight
- Damascus
Damascus
86,870 corpus weight
- devised
devised
86,869 corpus weight
- discarded
discarded
86,868 corpus weight
- disrupt
disrupt
86,867 corpus weight
- Donovan
Donovan
86,865 corpus weight
What this shows “discarded” 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 | discarded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkɑɹdɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “discarded”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around discarded (IPA /dɪsˈkɑɹdɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,133 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of discard".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for discarded, with forms such as "ddiscarded", "dicsarded", and "disacrded". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "discards", "discerned", "discharged", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is discarded, spelled D-I-S-C-A-R-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of discard
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscarded
- dicsarded
- disacrded
- discadred
- discardde
- discardded
- discardedd
- discaredd
- discarrded
- disccarded
- discraded
- disscarded
- dsicarded
- idscarded
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discarded - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).