leapt
/lɛpt/
"leapt" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leapt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,194
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of leap
Corpus desk
Index EN-leapt · leapt · English
leapt · rank #27,194 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,194
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lakewood
Nearest frequency peer: Lakewood (-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 “leapt”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Kimball
Kimball
72,809 corpus weight
- Lakewood
Lakewood
72,808 corpus weight
- leapt
leapt
72,807 corpus weight
- Leia
Leia
72,806 corpus weight
- leisurely
leisurely
72,805 corpus weight
- ligand
ligand
72,804 corpus weight
What this shows “leapt” 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 | leapt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /lɛpt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “leapt”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around leapt (IPA /lɛpt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,194 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of leap".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leapt, with forms such as "elapt", "laept", and "leappt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "let", "left", "lent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is leapt, spelled L-E-A-P-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of leap
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elapt
- laept
- leappt
- leaptt
- leatp
- lepat
- lleapt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leapt - 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 "leapt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).