dreamt
/dɹɛmt/
"dreamt" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dreamt” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,809
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of dream
Corpus desk
Index EN-dreamt · dreamt · English
dreamt · rank #18,809 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,809
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dole
Nearest frequency peer: dole (-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 “dreamt”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- disgraceful
disgraceful
81,195 corpus weight
- doggy
doggy
81,194 corpus weight
- dole
dole
81,193 corpus weight
- dreamt
dreamt
81,192 corpus weight
- dun
dun
81,191 corpus weight
- eerie
eerie
81,190 corpus weight
What this shows “dreamt” 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 | dreamt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɹɛmt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dreamt”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dreamt (IPA /dɹɛmt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,809 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of dream".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dreamt, with forms such as "ddreamt", "deramt", and "draemt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dreamy", "dreary", "dram", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dream + -t. The correct English form is dreamt, spelled D-R-E-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of dream
Etymology
From dream + -t.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddreamt
- deramt
- draemt
- dreammt
- dreamtt
- dreatm
- dremat
- drreamt
- rdeamt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dreamt - 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 "dreamt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).