dismissed
/dɪsˈmɪst/
"dismissed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dismissed” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,122
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dismissed · dismissed · English
dismissed · rank #5,122 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,122
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diagnosis
Nearest frequency peer: diagnosis (-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 “dismissed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- depend
depend
94,882 corpus weight
- developer
developer
94,881 corpus weight
- diagnosis
diagnosis
94,880 corpus weight
- dismissed
dismissed
94,879 corpus weight
- distinguish…
distinguished
94,878 corpus weight
- dose
dose
94,877 corpus weight
What this shows “dismissed” 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 | dismissed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈmɪst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dismissed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around dismissed (IPA /dɪsˈmɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,122 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dismissed, with forms such as "ddismissed", "dimsissed", and "disimssed". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dismiss", "discussed", "dismissal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 dismissed, spelled D-I-S-M-I-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.
- 2Having been fired or let go; having had one's employment terminated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dismissed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eve and the "concrete woman" are no more dismissed than Adam and the "concrete man" but are represented as capable of being converted and saved.
I was tearing up, feeling completely out of control, very dismissed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddismissed
- dimsissed
- disimssed
- dismised
- dismisesd
- dismissde
- dismissedd
- dismmissed
- dismsised
- dissmissed
- dsimissed
- idsmissed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dismissed - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dismissed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (12 here; floor ≥5).