greeted
/ˈɡɹiːtɪd/
"greeted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greeted” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,894
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of greet
Corpus desk
Index EN-greeted · greeted · English
greeted · rank #11,894 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,894
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH genetically
Nearest frequency peer: genetically (-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 “greeted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- forgiven
forgiven
88,110 corpus weight
- freezer
freezer
88,109 corpus weight
- genetically
genetically
88,108 corpus weight
- greeted
greeted
88,107 corpus weight
- hare
hare
88,106 corpus weight
- healed
healed
88,105 corpus weight
What this shows “greeted” 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 | greeted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹiːtɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “greeted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around greeted (IPA /ˈɡɹiːtɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,894 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of greet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for greeted, with forms such as "gereted", "ggreeted", and "greeetd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "greets", "grieved", "greed", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is greeted, spelled G-R-E-E-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of greet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how greeted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He greeted Milo jovially each time they met and, in an excess of contrite generosity, impulsively recommended Major Major for promotion. The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gereted
- ggreeted
- greeetd
- greetde
- greetedd
- greetted
- greted
- greteed
- grreeted
- rgeeted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greeted - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "greeted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).