faulted

verb

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"faulted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“faulted” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,692
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of fault

Corpus desk

Index EN-faulted · faulted · English

faulted · rank #40,692 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,692
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH faerie

Nearest frequency peer: faerie (-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 “faulted”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “faulted” 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).

faulted vs faults
71% similar
faulted vs faulty
71% similar
faulted vs fouled
71% similar

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

Key facts for faulted
PropertyValue
Headwordfaulted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,692
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “faulted”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).faultedlands 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 “faerie” (#40,691), “extractor” (#40,690), “expandable” (#40,689). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “faulted” is #40,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around faulted, averb. Corpus frequency is #40,692 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of fault".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for faulted, with forms such as "afulted", "faluted", and "fauletd". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "faults", "faulty", "fouled", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is faulted, spelled F-A-U-L-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of fault

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how faulted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The geology at the site is mainly sandstone and shale overlaid with boulder clay, and is extremely confused. The ground is badly faulted, and at Micklam [Point], near Whitehaven, there is a downthrow of 480 ft.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afulted
  • faluted
  • fauletd
  • faullted
  • faultde
  • faultedd
  • faultted
  • fautled
  • ffaulted
  • fualted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afulted2faluted2fauletd2faullted1faultde2faultedd1faultted1fautled2
Edit distance from "faulted"

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 "faulted"?
"faulted" is spelled F-A-U-L-T-E-D.
What does "faulted" mean?
As a verb, "faulted" means: simple past and past participle of fault
What words are commonly confused with "faulted"?
"faulted" is commonly confused with "faults", "faulty", "fouled". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "faulted" come from?
"faulted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fleshed#40,698foresaw#40,700Gaffney#40,706gunnery#40,723

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gulliver10 variantshumerus10 variantscreeped10 variantscreamed10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list