ministered
/ˈmɪnɪstɚd/
"ministered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ministered” is uncommon English (frequency #56,289 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,289
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of minister
Corpus desk
Index EN-ministered · ministered · English
ministered · rank #56,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,289
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Minoan
Nearest frequency peer: Minoan (+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 “ministered”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- microbiolog…
microbiological
43,718 corpus weight
- milkweed
milkweed
43,716 corpus weight
- milligram
milligram
43,714 corpus weight
- ministered
ministered
43,712 corpus weight
- Minoan
Minoan
43,711 corpus weight
- Moen
Moen
43,707 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ministered” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ministered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈmɪnɪstɚd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ministered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ministered is uncommon English at frequency #56,289 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈmɪnɪstɚd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of minister".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ministered, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ministered, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of minister
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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