inspired
/ɪnˈspaɪɹd/
"inspired" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inspired” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,352. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,352
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having excellence through inspiration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inspired · inspired · English
inspired · rank #2,352 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,352
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incredible
Nearest frequency peer: incredible (-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 “inspired”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- identified
identified
97,652 corpus weight
- incredible
incredible
97,650 corpus weight
- inspired
inspired
97,649 corpus weight
- launched
launched
97,648 corpus weight
- MA
MA
97,647 corpus weight
- meat
meat
97,646 corpus weight
What this shows “inspired” 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 | inspired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈspaɪɹd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “inspired”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around inspired (IPA /ɪnˈspaɪɹd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,352 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for inspired, with forms such as "innspired", "inpsired", and "insipred". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "insured", "inspire", "inquired", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is inspired, spelled I-N-S-P-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having excellence through inspiration.
- 2Filled with inspiration or motivated.
- 3Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.
- 4Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.
- 5Inflated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inspired appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innspired
- inpsired
- insipred
- inspierd
- inspirde
- inspiredd
- inspirred
- insppired
- inspried
- insspired
- isnpired
- nispired
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inspired - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "inspired", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).