obliterated
/əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/
"obliterated" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obliterated” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,532
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obliterated · obliterated · English
obliterated · rank #26,532 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,532
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH objectionable
Nearest frequency peer: objectionable (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “obliterated”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- O'Neal
O'Neal
73,472 corpus weight
- O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
73,471 corpus weight
- objectionab…
objectionable
73,470 corpus weight
- obliterated
obliterated
73,469 corpus weight
- obtainable
obtainable
73,468 corpus weight
- omit
omit
73,467 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obliterated” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | obliterated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obliterated” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around obliterated (IPA /əˈblɪtəɹeɪtɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,532 among 15,494 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for obliterated, with forms such as "boliterated", "obbliterated", and "obilterated". 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, "obliterate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs). The correct English form is obliterated, spelled O-B-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Destroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
- 2Forgotten.
- 3Very drunk or intoxicated; wasted.
Etymology
From obliterate + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boliterated
- obbliterated
- obilterated
- oblietrated
- oblitearted
- obliteraetd
- obliteratde
- obliteratedd
- obliteratted
- obliterrated
- oblitertaed
- oblitreated
- oblitterated
- oblliterated
- obltierated
- olbiterated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obliterated - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obliterated", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.