neglected
/nɪˈɡlɛktɪd/
"neglected" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neglected” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,919
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of neglect
Corpus desk
Index EN-neglected · neglected · English
neglected · rank #9,919 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,919
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH metabolism
Nearest frequency peer: metabolism (-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 “neglected”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lowering
lowering
90,086 corpus weight
- MB
MB
90,085 corpus weight
- melted
melted
90,084 corpus weight
- metabolism
metabolism
90,083 corpus weight
- neglected
neglected
90,082 corpus weight
- negotiation
negotiation
90,079 corpus weight
What this shows “neglected” 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 | neglected |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /nɪˈɡlɛktɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “neglected”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around neglected (IPA /nɪˈɡlɛktɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,919 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of neglect".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for neglected, with forms such as "englected", "negelcted", and "negglected". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "neglect", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is neglected, spelled N-E-G-L-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of neglect
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- englected
- negelcted
- negglected
- neglceted
- negleccted
- neglecetd
- neglectde
- neglectedd
- neglectted
- negletced
- negllected
- nelgected
- ngelected
- nneglected
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neglected - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "neglected", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).