inlaid
"inlaid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inlaid” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,199. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,199
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inlaid · inlaid · English
inlaid · rank #41,199 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,199
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH jaundice
Nearest frequency peer: jaundice (+3 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 “inlaid”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- immunodefic…
immunodeficiency
58,811 corpus weight
- incremental…
incrementally
58,808 corpus weight
- inlaid
inlaid
58,802 corpus weight
- jaundice
jaundice
58,799 corpus weight
- Jayson
Jayson
58,798 corpus weight
- jeon
jeon
58,796 corpus weight
What this shows “inlaid” 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 | inlaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “inlaid”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around inlaid, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,199 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for inlaid, with forms such as "ilnaid", "inalid", and "inladi". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "inlay", "island", "inland", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is inlaid, spelled I-N-L-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
- 2Having an inset decorative pattern.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inlaid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When the Minister of Defense was about to raise an elegantly worded, logical, and tactful objection, the French president slammed down his bottle of Perrier on the antique, polished, inlaid surface of the cabinet table and told him to shut up and have the men at the airfield in two hours.
In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnaid
- inalid
- inladi
- inlaidd
- inliad
- inllaid
- innlaid
- nilaid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inlaid - 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.
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 "inlaid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).