fleshed

/flɛʃt/

//flɛʃt// verb

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

The verdict

“fleshed” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,698
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-fleshed · fleshed · English

fleshed · rank #40,698 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,698
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH FET

Nearest frequency peer: FET (-2 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 “fleshed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “fleshed” 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).

fleshed vs fleshy
71% similar
fleshed vs flexed
71% similar
fleshed vs flushed
86% similar

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

Key facts for fleshed
PropertyValue
Headwordfleshed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/flɛʃt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,698
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fleshed”

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).fleshedlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “FET” (#40,696), “foresaw” (#40,700), “foreskin” (#40,701). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “fleshed” is #40,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fleshed (IPA /flɛʃt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,698 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of flesh".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fleshed, with forms such as "felshed", "ffleshed", and "flehsed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fleshy", "flexed", "flushed", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is fleshed, spelled F-L-E-S-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of flesh

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • felshed
  • ffleshed
  • flehsed
  • flesehd
  • fleshde
  • fleshedd
  • fleshhed
  • flesshed
  • flleshed
  • flsehed
  • lfeshed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

felshed2ffleshed1flehsed2flesehd2fleshde2fleshedd1fleshhed1flesshed1
Edit distance from "fleshed"

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 "fleshed"?
"fleshed" is spelled F-L-E-S-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /flɛʃt/.
What does "fleshed" mean?
As a verb, "fleshed" means: simple past and past participle of flesh
What words are commonly confused with "fleshed"?
"fleshed" is commonly confused with "fleshy", "flexed", "flushed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fleshed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleshed" is /flɛʃt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleshed" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

foresaw#40,700faulted#40,692Gaffney#40,706gunnery#40,723

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Eritrean11 variantsdishing11 variantsiniquity11 variantscrudely11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list