fretted
/ˈfɹɛtɪd/
"fretted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fretted” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,633
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of fret
Corpus desk
Index EN-fretted · fretted · English
fretted · rank #47,633 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,633
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fuelling
Nearest frequency peer: Fuelling (+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 “fretted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flexion
flexion
52,373 corpus weight
- flippant
flippant
52,372 corpus weight
- floater
floater
52,371 corpus weight
- fondue
fondue
52,370 corpus weight
- fretted
fretted
52,368 corpus weight
- Fuelling
Fuelling
52,367 corpus weight
What this shows “fretted” 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 | fretted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfɹɛtɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fretted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fretted (IPA /ˈfɹɛtɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,633 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of fret".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fretted, with forms such as "fertted", "ffretted", and "freted". 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, "fronted", "frosted", "freed", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fret. The correct English form is fretted, spelled F-R-E-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of fret
Etymology
From fret.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fertted
- ffretted
- freted
- fretetd
- frettde
- frettedd
- frretted
- frteted
- rfetted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fretted - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).