ordered
/ˈɔɹdɚd/
"ordered" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ordered” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,873
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In order, not messy, tidy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ordered · ordered · English
ordered · rank #1,873 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,873
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH offers
Nearest frequency peer: offers (-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 “ordered”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- martin
martin
98,131 corpus weight
- models
models
98,130 corpus weight
- offers
offers
98,129 corpus weight
- ordered
ordered
98,128 corpus weight
- parliament
parliament
98,127 corpus weight
- prepared
prepared
98,126 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ordered” 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 | ordered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɔɹdɚd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ordered” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ordered (IPA /ˈɔɹdɚd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,873 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordered, with forms such as "odrered", "orddered", and "ordeerd". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "orders", "orderly", "order", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is ordered, spelled O-R-D-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1In order, not messy, tidy.
- 2Equipped with a partial or total order which, in any of several technical senses, respects the algebraic structure of the object (if such structure exists). See [[#Derived terms]].
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ordered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered whole of St. Pancras that would make demolition a terribl…
Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- odrered
- orddered
- ordeerd
- orderde
- orderedd
- orderred
- ordreed
- oredred
- orrdered
- rodered
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ordered - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "ordered" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "orders". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,873 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
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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.