exchanged
/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/
"exchanged" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exchanged” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,543
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of exchange
Corpus desk
Index EN-exchanged · exchanged · English
exchanged · rank #10,543 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,543
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exceptionally
Nearest frequency peer: exceptionally (-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 “exchanged”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- erotic
erotic
89,461 corpus weight
- evacuation
evacuation
89,460 corpus weight
- exceptional…
exceptionally
89,459 corpus weight
- exchanged
exchanged
89,458 corpus weight
- expenditure
expenditure
89,457 corpus weight
- falcon
falcon
89,456 corpus weight
What this shows “exchanged” 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 | exchanged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exchanged”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around exchanged (IPA /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,543 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of exchange".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for exchanged, with forms such as "ecxhanged", "excahnged", and "excchanged". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exchanger", "exchange", "enchanted", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is exchanged, spelled E-X-C-H-A-N-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of exchange
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecxhanged
- excahnged
- excchanged
- exchagned
- exchanegd
- exchangde
- exchangedd
- exchangged
- exchannged
- exchhanged
- exchnaged
- exhcanged
- exxchanged
- xechanged
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exchanged - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).