fatigued

/fəˈtiːɡd/

//fəˈtiːɡd// adj

"fatigued" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fatigued” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,651
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tired; weary.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fatigued · fatigued · English

fatigued · rank #29,651 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,651
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH fatherland

Nearest frequency peer: fatherland (-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 “fatigued”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “fatigued” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fatigued vs fatigue
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fatigued
PropertyValue
Headwordfatigued
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/fəˈtiːɡd/
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,651
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fatigued”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).fatiguedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “fatherland” (#29,650), “fasten” (#29,649), “federalism” (#29,653). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “fatigued” is #29,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fatigued (IPA /fəˈtiːɡd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,651 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tired; weary.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fatigued, with forms such as "aftigued", "faitgued", and "fatgiued". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fatigue", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is fatigued, spelled F-A-T-I-G-U-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tired; weary.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aftigued
  • faitgued
  • fatgiued
  • fatigeud
  • fatiggued
  • fatigude
  • fatiguedd
  • fatiuged
  • fattigued
  • ffatigued
  • ftaigued

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fatigued - 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.

aftigued2faitgued2fatgiued2fatigeud2fatiggued1fatigude2fatiguedd1fatiuged2
Edit distance from "fatigued"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fatigued"?
"fatigued" is spelled F-A-T-I-G-U-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /fəˈtiːɡd/.
What does "fatigued" mean?
As an adjective, "fatigued" means: Tired; weary.
What words are commonly confused with "fatigued"?
"fatigued" is commonly confused with "fatigue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fatigued"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatigued" is /fəˈtiːɡd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatigued" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fatigued", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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 (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list