dried

/dɹaɪd/

//dɹaɪd// adj

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"dried" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dried” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,677
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dried · dried · English

dried · rank #6,677 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,677
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH drawings

Nearest frequency peer: drawings (-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 “dried”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “dried” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dried vs drip
60% similar
dried vs dyed
60% similar
dried vs drive
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dried
PropertyValue
Headworddried
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɹaɪd/
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,677
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dried”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).driedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “drawings” (#6,676), “eBay” (#6,678), “donate” (#6,675). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dried” is #6,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dried (IPA /dɹaɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,677 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dried, with forms such as "ddried", "dired", and "dreid". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drip", "dyed", "drive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is dried, spelled D-R-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
  2. 2
    Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.
  3. 3
    Sold raw and unprocessed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dried appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. dried fish; dried fruit
  2. dried lentils

Synonyms

anhydrousdesiccateddehydrated

Antonyms

cannedtinned

This word in other languages

seco(Español)séché(Français)getrocknet(Deutsch)seco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddried
  • dired
  • dreid
  • dride
  • driedd
  • drried
  • rdied

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dried - 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.

ddried1dired2dreid2dride2driedd1drried1rdied2
Edit distance from "dried"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dried"?
"dried" is spelled D-R-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /dɹaɪd/.
What does "dried" mean?
As an adjective, "dried" means: Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
What words are commonly confused with "dried"?
"dried" is commonly confused with "drip", "dyed", "drive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dried"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dried" is /dɹaɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dried" come from?
"dried" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dried", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

collar7 variantsjoins7 variantsLGBT7 variantslogan7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list