misspelled
"misspelled" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misspelled” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,381
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not spelled correctly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misspelled · misspelled · English
misspelled · rank #29,381 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,381
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minuscule
Nearest frequency peer: minuscule (-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 “misspelled”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Minerva
Minerva
70,623 corpus weight
- minted
minted
70,622 corpus weight
- minuscule
minuscule
70,621 corpus weight
- misspelled
misspelled
70,620 corpus weight
- Mobil
Mobil
70,619 corpus weight
- moisturizer
moisturizer
70,618 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “misspelled” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misspelled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “misspelled” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around misspelled, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,381 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not spelled correctly.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for misspelled, with forms such as "imsspelled", "mispelled", and "mispselled". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is misspelled, spelled M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not spelled correctly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how misspelled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ransom letter contained many misspelled words.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imsspelled
- mispelled
- mispselled
- misseplled
- misspeled
- misspeleld
- misspellde
- misspelledd
- misspleled
- missppelled
- mmisspelled
- msispelled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of misspelled - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "misspelled", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,381 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
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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.