mislaid
/mɪsˈleɪd/
"mislaid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mislaid” is uncommon English (frequency #70,088 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,088
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - That cannot be currently found, put in an obscure place, lost - often temporarily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mislaid · mislaid · English
mislaid · rank #70,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,088
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH miniaturizati…
Nearest frequency peer: miniaturization (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mislaid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mineola
Mineola
29,915 corpus weight
- miniaturiza…
miniaturization
29,914 corpus weight
- mislaid
mislaid
29,913 corpus weight
- misspell
misspell
29,912 corpus weight
- Moga
Moga
29,910 corpus weight
- moreso
moreso
29,904 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mislaid” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mislaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɪsˈleɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mislaid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mislaid is uncommon English at frequency #70,088 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɪsˈleɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That cannot be currently found, put in an obscure place, lost - often temporarily.".
mislaid has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is mislaid, spelled M-I-S-L-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1That cannot be currently found, put in an obscure place, lost - often temporarily.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.