discovered
/dɪsˈkʌvəd/
"discovered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discovered” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,855
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of discover
Corpus desk
Index EN-discovered · discovered · English
discovered · rank #1,855 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,855
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH breaking
Nearest frequency peer: breaking (-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 “discovered”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- appreciate
appreciate
98,149 corpus weight
- bigger
bigger
98,148 corpus weight
- breaking
breaking
98,147 corpus weight
- discovered
discovered
98,146 corpus weight
- dont
dont
98,145 corpus weight
- dry
dry
98,144 corpus weight
What this shows “discovered” 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 | discovered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkʌvəd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “discovered”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around discovered (IPA /dɪsˈkʌvəd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,855 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of discover".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for discovered, with forms such as "ddiscovered", "dicsovered", and "disccovered". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "discovery", "discoverer", "discoveries", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is discovered, spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of discover
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscovered
- dicsovered
- disccovered
- discoevred
- discoveerd
- discoverde
- discoveredd
- discoverred
- discovreed
- discovvered
- discvoered
- disocvered
- disscovered
- dsicovered
- idscovered
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discovered - 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.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).