expected
/ɪkˈspɛk.tɪd/
"expected" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expected” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,166
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-expected · expected · English
expected · rank #1,166 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,166
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH designed
Nearest frequency peer: designed (-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 “expected”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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costs
98,838 corpus weight
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definitely
98,837 corpus weight
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designed
98,836 corpus weight
- expected
expected
98,835 corpus weight
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Friday
98,834 corpus weight
- gun
gun
98,833 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “expected” 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 | expected |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspɛk.tɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “expected” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around expected (IPA /ɪkˈspɛk.tɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,166 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for expected, with forms such as "epxected", "exepcted", and "expceted". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "expedited", "expect", "elected", and more, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is expected, spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how expected appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The expected storm never arrived.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxected
- exepcted
- expceted
- expeccted
- expecetd
- expectde
- expectedd
- expectted
- expetced
- exppected
- exxpected
- xepected
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expected - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "expected" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "expedited". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,166 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
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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.