effected
/ɪˈfɛktɪd/
"effected" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“effected” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,321
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of effect
Corpus desk
Index EN-effected · effected · English
effected · rank #19,321 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,321
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH embargo
Nearest frequency peer: embargo (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “effected”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dodging
dodging
80,684 corpus weight
- donut
donut
80,683 corpus weight
- doubting
doubting
80,682 corpus weight
- effected
effected
80,680 corpus weight
- embargo
embargo
80,679 corpus weight
- embodiment
embodiment
80,678 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “effected” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | effected |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪˈfɛktɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “effected” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around effected (IPA /ɪˈfɛktɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,321 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of effect".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for effected, with forms such as "efected", "efefcted", and "effceted". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "effects", "elected", "erected", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is effected, spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of effect
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efected
- efefcted
- effceted
- effeccted
- effecetd
- effectde
- effectedd
- effectted
- effetced
- fefected
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effected - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "effected", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "effected" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "effects". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,321 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.