matted
"matted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“matted” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,418
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forming a thick tangled mess.
Corpus desk
Index EN-matted · matted · English
matted · rank #39,418 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,418
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Marla
Nearest frequency peer: Marla (-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 “matted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- marigold
marigold
60,586 corpus weight
- marinade
marinade
60,585 corpus weight
- Marla
Marla
60,584 corpus weight
- matted
matted
60,583 corpus weight
- Mattis
Mattis
60,582 corpus weight
- McArthur
McArthur
60,581 corpus weight
What this shows “matted” 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 | matted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “matted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around matted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,418 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for matted, with forms such as "amtted", "matetd", and "mattde". 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, "muted", "Matty", "matter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is matted, spelled M-A-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Forming a thick tangled mess.
- 2Covered with mats or matting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […]
As the warrior emerged from the forest, Tarzan caught a fleeting glimpse of a tawny hide worming its way through the matted jungle grasses in his wake—it was Numa, the lion. He, too, was stalking the black man.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amtted
- matetd
- mattde
- mattedd
- mmatted
- mtated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matted - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "matted", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).