mistook
/mɪsˈtʊk/
"mistook" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mistook” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,506
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of mistake
Corpus desk
Index EN-mistook · mistook · English
mistook · rank #26,506 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,506
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minimally
Nearest frequency peer: minimally (-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 “mistook”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- McMaster
McMaster
73,498 corpus weight
- mimicking
mimicking
73,497 corpus weight
- minimally
minimally
73,496 corpus weight
- mistook
mistook
73,495 corpus weight
- Mogul
Mogul
73,494 corpus weight
- Monet
Monet
73,492 corpus weight
What this shows “mistook” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mistook |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɪsˈtʊk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mistook”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mistook (IPA /mɪsˈtʊk/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,506 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mistook, with forms such as "imstook", "misotok", and "misstook". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is mistook, spelled M-I-S-T-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1simple past of mistake
- 2past participle of mistake
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imstook
- misotok
- misstook
- mistok
- mistoko
- mistookk
- misttook
- mitsook
- mmistook
- msitook
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mistook - 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 "mistook", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).