# etched

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #20,627

## Definitions
1. Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
2. Toned and with a well-defined musculature.

## Easily confused with
- **ether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etched-vs-ether)
- **Ethel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etched-vs-ethel)
- **exceed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etched-vs-exceed)
- **Etihad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etched-vs-etihad)
- **etch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etch-vs-etched)
- **echoed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/echoed-vs-etched)
- **eschew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eschew-vs-etched)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ecthed`, `etcched`, `etcehd`, `etchde`, `etchedd`, `etchhed`, `ethced`, `ettched`, `teched`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/etched