paced

/peɪst/

//peɪst// verb

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"paced" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“paced” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,779
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of pace

Corpus desk

Index EN-paced · paced · English

paced · rank #13,779 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,779
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pagan

Nearest frequency peer: pagan (+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 “paced”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “paced” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

paced vs pad
60% similar
paced vs ped
60% similar
paced vs page
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for paced
PropertyValue
Headwordpaced
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/peɪst/
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,779
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “paced”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pacedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “pagan” (#13,780), “painters” (#13,781), “overlapping” (#13,776). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “paced” is #13,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around paced (IPA /peɪst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,779 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of pace".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for paced, with forms such as "apced", "pacced", and "pacde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pad", "ped", "page", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is paced, spelled P-A-C-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pace

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apced
  • pacced
  • pacde
  • pacedd
  • paecd
  • pcaed
  • ppaced

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paced - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apced2pacced1pacde2pacedd1paecd2pcaed2ppaced1
Edit distance from "paced"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paced"?
"paced" is spelled P-A-C-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /peɪst/.
What does "paced" mean?
As a verb, "paced" means: simple past and past participle of pace
What words are commonly confused with "paced"?
"paced" is commonly confused with "pad", "ped", "page". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paced"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paced" is /peɪst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paced" come from?
"paced" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paced", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pagan#13,780Osaka#13,772oddly#13,769psalm#13,789

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Miley7 variantsmango7 variantsLennon7 variantsspree7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list