divided
"divided" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“divided” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,160
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of divide
Corpus desk
Index EN-divided · divided · English
divided · rank #3,160 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,160
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH defend
Nearest frequency peer: defend (-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 “divided”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- confused
confused
96,844 corpus weight
- consequences
consequences
96,843 corpus weight
- defend
defend
96,842 corpus weight
- divided
divided
96,841 corpus weight
- Elizabeth
Elizabeth
96,840 corpus weight
- everyday
everyday
96,839 corpus weight
What this shows “divided” 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 | divided |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “divided”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around divided, averb. Corpus frequency is #3,160 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of divide".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for divided, with forms such as "ddivided", "diivded", and "divdied". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "divine", "divider", "dividend", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From divide. The correct English form is divided, spelled D-I-V-I-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of divide
Etymology
From divide.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddivided
- diivded
- divdied
- dividde
- dividded
- dividedd
- diviedd
- divvided
- dviided
- idvided
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divided - 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 "divided", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).