keyed
/kiːd/
"keyed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keyed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,301
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of key
Corpus desk
Index EN-keyed · keyed · English
keyed · rank #33,301 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,301
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH knighthood
Nearest frequency peer: knighthood (+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 “keyed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- jihadi
jihadi
66,704 corpus weight
- Keanu
Keanu
66,702 corpus weight
- keyed
keyed
66,700 corpus weight
- knighthood
knighthood
66,699 corpus weight
- kryptonite
kryptonite
66,698 corpus weight
- laborer
laborer
66,697 corpus weight
What this shows “keyed” 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 | keyed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kiːd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “keyed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around keyed (IPA /kiːd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,301 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of key".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for keyed, with forms such as "ekyed", "keeyd", and "keyde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "keys", "Keyes", "Keynes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: * (praiseworthy and admirable): Coined by 4chan users upset at the widened usage of based (“praiseworthy and admirable, particularly in a perceived countercultural sense”) outside of their community. Most likely simply from the verb key; in slang perhaps co… The correct English form is keyed, spelled K-E-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of key
Etymology
* (praiseworthy and admirable): Coined by 4chan users upset at the widened usage of based (“praiseworthy and admirable, particularly in a perceived countercultural sense”) outside of their community. Most likely simply from the verb key; in slang perhaps connected to the "securing" action of a lock and key (compare e.g. scored).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekyed
- keeyd
- keyde
- keyedd
- keyyed
- kkeyed
- kyeed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keyed - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).