drafted
"drafted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drafted” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,140
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drafted · drafted · English
drafted · rank #8,140 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,140
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deployment
Nearest frequency peer: deployment (-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 “drafted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Danish
Danish
91,864 corpus weight
- def
def
91,863 corpus weight
- deployment
deployment
91,862 corpus weight
- drafted
drafted
91,861 corpus weight
- enjoyable
enjoyable
91,860 corpus weight
- exotic
exotic
91,859 corpus weight
What this shows “drafted” 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 | drafted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drafted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around drafted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,140 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for drafted, with forms such as "darfted", "ddrafted", and "drafetd". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "draped", "dragged", "drained", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is drafted, spelled D-R-A-F-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
- 2conscripted
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drafted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A johnboat is a shallow drafted boat favored by fishermen.
I hope you get drafted / I hope you carry a gun / When you come back with no arms or legs / Then you can say war is fun / 'Cause you don't care / What happens to me / As long it don't happen to you / As the world becomes a bomb factory / Your attitude becomes smug / This just creates an atmosphere of war / A world without any love / You know, / I hope you…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- darfted
- ddrafted
- drafetd
- draffted
- draftde
- draftedd
- draftted
- dratfed
- drfated
- drrafted
- rdafted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drafted - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drafted", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).