mixed
/mɪkst/
"mixed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mixed” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,305 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,305
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of mix
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 | mixed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɪkst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mixed” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mixed is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɪkst/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,305 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of mix".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mixed, with forms such as "imxed", "miexd", and "mixde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "moved", "Mixer", "muted", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the… The correct English form is mixed, spelled M-I-X-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of mix
Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imxed,miexd,mixde,mixedd,mixxed,mmixed,mxied
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mixed - 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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Using “mixed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-X-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɪkst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “moved” - see the side-by-side comparison. mixed vs moved
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.