observed
/əbˈzɝvd/
"observed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“observed” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,709
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of observe
Corpus desk
Index EN-observed · observed · English
observed · rank #3,709 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,709
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH NBA
Nearest frequency peer: NBA (-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 “observed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- narrative
narrative
96,295 corpus weight
- narrow
narrow
96,294 corpus weight
- NBA
NBA
96,293 corpus weight
- observed
observed
96,292 corpus weight
- occasionally
occasionally
96,291 corpus weight
- one's
one's
96,290 corpus weight
What this shows “observed” 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 | observed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əbˈzɝvd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “observed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around observed (IPA /əbˈzɝvd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,709 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of observe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for observed, with forms such as "boserved", "obbserved", and "obesrved". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "obsessed", "observer", "observe", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is observed, spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of observe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how observed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boserved
- obbserved
- obesrved
- obserevd
- obserrved
- observde
- observedd
- observved
- obsevred
- obsreved
- obsserved
- osberved
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of observed - 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 "observed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).