modernised
"modernised" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“modernised” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,633
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has undergone modernisation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-modernised · modernised · English
modernised · rank #46,633 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,633
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moc
Nearest frequency peer: moc (-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 “modernised”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- miscalculat…
miscalculation
53,372 corpus weight
- misdirection
misdirection
53,371 corpus weight
- moc
moc
53,369 corpus weight
- modernised
modernised
53,368 corpus weight
- monger
monger
53,366 corpus weight
- Montpelier
Montpelier
53,365 corpus weight
What this shows “modernised” 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 | modernised |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #46,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “modernised”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around modernised, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,633 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That has undergone modernisation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for modernised, with forms such as "mdoernised", "mmodernised", and "moddernised". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "modernist", "modernism", "modernize", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is modernised, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1That has undergone modernisation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how modernised appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more w…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoernised
- mmodernised
- moddernised
- modenrised
- moderinsed
- moderniesd
- modernisde
- modernisedd
- modernissed
- modernnised
- modernsied
- moderrnised
- modrenised
- moedrnised
- omdernised
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modernised - 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
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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 (15 here; floor ≥5).