kept
/ˈkɛpt/
"kept" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kept” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,086
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of keep
Corpus desk
Index EN-kept · kept · English
kept · rank #1,086 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,086
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH join
Nearest frequency peer: join (-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 “kept”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- interesting
interesting
98,918 corpus weight
- j
j
98,917 corpus weight
- join
join
98,916 corpus weight
- kept
kept
98,915 corpus weight
- leading
leading
98,914 corpus weight
- loved
loved
98,913 corpus weight
What this shows “kept” 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 | kept |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkɛpt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “kept”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around kept (IPA /ˈkɛpt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,086 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of keep".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for kept, with forms such as "ekpt", "keppt", and "keptt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KT", "KP", "key", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kept, kepte, from Old English cēpte; see -t. The correct English form is kept, spelled K-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of keep
Etymology
From Middle English kept, kepte, from Old English cēpte; see -t.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekpt
- keppt
- keptt
- ketp
- kkept
- kpet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kept - 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 "kept", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).