expend
/ɪkˈspɛnd/
"expend" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expend” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,801
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To consume, exhaust (some resource).
Corpus desk
Index EN-expend · expend · English
expend · rank #32,801 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,801
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exertion
Nearest frequency peer: exertion (-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 “expend”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- espoused
espoused
67,203 corpus weight
- exertion
exertion
67,201 corpus weight
- expend
expend
67,200 corpus weight
- facilitator
facilitator
67,199 corpus weight
- familia
familia
67,198 corpus weight
- fanfic
fanfic
67,197 corpus weight
What this shows “expend” 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 | expend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspɛnd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “expend”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around expend (IPA /ɪkˈspɛnd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,801 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To consume, exhaust (some resource).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for expend, with forms such as "epxend", "exepnd", and "expedn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "expert", "extent", "extend", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend. The correct English form is expend, spelled E-X-P-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1To consume, exhaust (some resource).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If my death might make this island happy […] I would expend it with all willingness.
So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there…
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxend
- exepnd
- expedn
- expendd
- expennd
- expned
- exppend
- exxpend
- xepend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expend - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).