mixed
/mɪkst/
"mixed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mixed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,305
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of mix
Corpus desk
Index EN-mixed · mixed · English
mixed · rank #2,305 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,305
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH millions
Nearest frequency peer: millions (-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 “mixed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lay
lay
97,699 corpus weight
- lights
lights
97,698 corpus weight
- millions
millions
97,697 corpus weight
- mixed
mixed
97,696 corpus weight
- phase
phase
97,695 corpus weight
- properly
properly
97,694 corpus weight
What this shows “mixed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mixed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mixed (IPA /mɪkst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,305 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).