masked
/mɑːskt/
"masked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masked” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,101
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of mask
Corpus desk
Index EN-masked · masked · English
masked · rank #12,101 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,101
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maze
Nearest frequency peer: maze (+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 “masked”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- malaria
malaria
87,903 corpus weight
- manifesto
manifesto
87,902 corpus weight
- masked
masked
87,900 corpus weight
- maze
maze
87,899 corpus weight
- Methodist
Methodist
87,898 corpus weight
- Monaco
Monaco
87,897 corpus weight
What this shows “masked” 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 | masked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɑːskt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “masked”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around masked (IPA /mɑːskt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,101 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of mask".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for masked, with forms such as "amsked", "maksed", and "masekd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "masks", "mated", "master", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mask + -ed. The correct English form is masked, spelled M-A-S-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of mask
Etymology
From mask + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsked
- maksed
- masekd
- maskde
- maskedd
- maskked
- massked
- mmasked
- msaked
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masked - 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 "masked", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).