layed
"layed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“layed” is uncommon English (frequency #55,549 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,549
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of lay
Corpus desk
Index EN-layed · layed · English
layed · rank #55,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,549
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lani
Nearest frequency peer: Lani (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “layed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kunal
Kunal
44,459 corpus weight
- Kurd
Kurd
44,458 corpus weight
- ladylike
ladylike
44,456 corpus weight
- Lani
Lani
44,453 corpus weight
- layed
layed
44,452 corpus weight
- leu
leu
44,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “layed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | layed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “layed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
layed is uncommon English at frequency #55,549 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of lay".
No generated misspelling entries exist for layed in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is layed, spelled L-A-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of lay
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how layed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Therefore proceeding upon our grounds before layed; to wit, that no body can be moved of it self; we may determine those motions to be naturall unto bodies which have constant causes, or percutients to make them alwayes in such bodies: […]
Synonyms
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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