echoed

/ˈɛkoʊd/

//ˈɛkoʊd// verb

"echoed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“echoed” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,124
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of echo

Corpus desk

Index EN-echoed · echoed · English

echoed · rank #17,124 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,124
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH elbows

Nearest frequency peer: elbows (+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 “echoed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “echoed” 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).

echoed vs etched
67% similar
echoed vs echo
67% similar

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

Key facts for echoed
PropertyValue
Headwordechoed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈɛkoʊd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,124
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “echoed”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).echoedlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “elbows” (#17,125), “distrust” (#17,122), “Ellison” (#17,126). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “echoed” is #17,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around echoed (IPA /ˈɛkoʊd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,124 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of echo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for echoed, with forms such as "cehoed", "ecchoed", and "echeod". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "etched", "echo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is echoed, spelled E-C-H-O-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of echo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cehoed
  • ecchoed
  • echeod
  • echhoed
  • echode
  • echoedd
  • ecohed
  • ehcoed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cehoed2ecchoed1echeod2echhoed1echode2echoedd1ecohed2ehcoed2
Edit distance from "echoed"

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 "echoed"?
"echoed" is spelled E-C-H-O-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛkoʊd/.
What does "echoed" mean?
As a verb, "echoed" means: simple past and past participle of echo
What words are commonly confused with "echoed"?
"echoed" is commonly confused with "etched", "echo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "echoed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "echoed" is /ˈɛkoʊd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "echoed" come from?
"echoed" 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 "echoed", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list