inscribed
/ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/
"inscribed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inscribed” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,647
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of inscribe
Corpus desk
Index EN-inscribed · inscribed · English
inscribed · rank #17,647 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,647
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH inquire
Nearest frequency peer: inquire (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “inscribed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inhibitor
inhibitor
82,358 corpus weight
- inquire
inquire
82,355 corpus weight
- inscribed
inscribed
82,354 corpus weight
- insulated
insulated
82,353 corpus weight
- Jang
Jang
82,352 corpus weight
- jogging
jogging
82,351 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “inscribed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inscribed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inscribed” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around inscribed (IPA /ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,647 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of inscribe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for inscribed, with forms such as "incsribed", "innscribed", and "insccribed". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is inscribed, spelled I-N-S-C-R-I-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of inscribe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- incsribed
- innscribed
- insccribed
- inscirbed
- inscrbied
- inscribbed
- inscribde
- inscribedd
- inscriebd
- inscrribed
- insrcibed
- insscribed
- isncribed
- niscribed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inscribed - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inscribed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.