peeked
/piːkt/
"peeked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peeked” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,994
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of peek
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 | peeked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /piːkt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peeked” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around peeked (IPA /piːkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,994 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of peek".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for peeked, with forms such as "epeked", "peeekd", and "peekde". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "poked", "peeve", "peeks", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 peeked, spelled P-E-E-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of peek
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epeked
- peeekd
- peekde
- peekedd
- peekked
- peked
- pekeed
- ppeeked
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peeked - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “peeked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-E-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /piːkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poked” - see the side-by-side comparison. peeked vs poked
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.