gendered

/ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/

//ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d// verb

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

The verdict

“gendered” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,097
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-gendered · gendered · English

gendered · rank #26,097 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,097
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gandalf

Nearest frequency peer: Gandalf (-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 “gendered”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “gendered” 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).

gendered vs Genders
63% similar
gendered vs gender
75% similar

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

Key facts for gendered
PropertyValue
Headwordgendered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,097
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gendered”

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).genderedlands 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 “Gandalf” (#26,096), “Georgina” (#26,098), “gallows” (#26,095). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gendered” is #26,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gendered (IPA /ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,097 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gendered, with forms such as "egndered", "gednered", and "genddered". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Genders", "gender", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 gendered, spelled G-E-N-D-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of gender (“assign gender to”)
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of gender (“engender”)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "...or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground...

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egndered
  • gednered
  • genddered
  • gendeerd
  • genderde
  • genderedd
  • genderred
  • gendreed
  • genedred
  • genndered
  • ggendered
  • gnedered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gendered - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egndered2gednered2genddered1gendeerd2genderde2genderedd1genderred1gendreed2
Edit distance from "gendered"

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 "gendered"?
"gendered" is spelled G-E-N-D-E-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/.
What does "gendered" mean?
As a verb, "gendered" means: simple past and past participle of gender (“assign gender to”)
What words are commonly confused with "gendered"?
"gendered" is commonly confused with "Genders", "gender". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gendered"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gendered" is /ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gendered" come from?
"gendered" 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 "gendered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Georgina#26,098Guernsey#26,101frighten#26,092fingered#26,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

humiliate12 variantsimporter12 variantscrossfire12 variantsLockwood12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list