emphasized
"emphasized" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“emphasized” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,028
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having been given extra stress or focus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-emphasized · emphasized · English
emphasized · rank #11,028 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,028
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH energetic
Nearest frequency peer: energetic (+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 “emphasized”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- downward
downward
88,976 corpus weight
- ebook
ebook
88,975 corpus weight
- emphasized
emphasized
88,973 corpus weight
- energetic
energetic
88,972 corpus weight
- engineered
engineered
88,971 corpus weight
- fest
fest
88,970 corpus weight
What this shows “emphasized” 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 | emphasized |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “emphasized”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around emphasized, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,028 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having been given extra stress or focus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for emphasized, with forms such as "emhpasized", "emmphasized", and "empahsized". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "emphasize", "emphasise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is emphasized, spelled E-M-P-H-A-S-I-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having been given extra stress or focus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emphasized appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A slight inward swinging of the arms is always necessary, and is slightly more emphasized with girls.
Whenever the subgroup members meet, the fraternal activities are more emphasized and anticipated, because the meeting usually creates an informal and pleasurable ethnic-style atmosphere. Fraternal activities are much more emphasized by immigrant churches and temples than by congregations in Korea, because for many members the lay association meeting is th…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emhpasized
- emmphasized
- empahsized
- emphaiszed
- emphasiezd
- emphasizde
- emphasizedd
- emphasizzed
- emphassized
- emphaszied
- emphhasized
- emphsaized
- empphasized
- epmhasized
- mephasized
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emphasized - 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 "emphasized", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).