measured
/ˈmɛʒəd/
"measured" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“measured” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,690
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has been determined by measurement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-measured · measured · English
measured · rank #4,690 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,690
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maintaining
Nearest frequency peer: maintaining (-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 “measured”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- loaded
loaded
95,314 corpus weight
- lonely
lonely
95,313 corpus weight
- maintaining
maintaining
95,312 corpus weight
- measured
measured
95,311 corpus weight
- mercy
mercy
95,310 corpus weight
- nevertheless
nevertheless
95,309 corpus weight
What this shows “measured” 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 | measured |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɛʒəd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “measured”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around measured (IPA /ˈmɛʒəd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,690 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for measured, with forms such as "emasured", "maesured", and "measrued". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "measures", "measure", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is measured, spelled M-E-A-S-U-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1That has been determined by measurement.
- 2Deliberate but restrained.
- 3Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how measured appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He ran over a measured mile.
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emasured
- maesured
- measrued
- meassured
- measuerd
- measurde
- measuredd
- measurred
- meausred
- mesaured
- mmeasured
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of measured - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).