pitted

adj

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"pitted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pitted” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,631
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pitted · pitted · English

pitted · rank #23,631 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,631
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH photoshopped

Nearest frequency peer: photoshopped (-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 “pitted”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pitted” 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).

pitted vs Pitts
50% similar
pitted vs posted
67% similar
pitted vs potter
67% similar

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

Key facts for pitted
PropertyValue
Headwordpitted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,631
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pitted”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).pittedlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “photoshopped” (#23,630), “Pixar” (#23,632), “perpetually” (#23,628). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pitted” is #23,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pitted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,631 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitted, with forms such as "iptted", "pited", and "pitetd". 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, "Pitts", "posted", "potter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pitted, spelled P-I-T-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate.
  2. 2
    Having had the pits removed.
  3. 3
    Provided with one or more inspection pits. (of a maintenance area)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pitted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Forming a fifth bay alongside the main maintenance area is a running shed, 320ft long and 69ft 6in wide, with four roads pitted for a length of 229ft; [...].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iptted
  • pited
  • pitetd
  • pittde
  • pittedd
  • ppitted
  • ptited

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iptted2pited1pitetd2pittde2pittedd1ppitted1ptited2
Edit distance from "pitted"

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 "pitted"?
"pitted" is spelled P-I-T-T-E-D.
What does "pitted" mean?
As an adjective, "pitted" means: Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate.
What words are commonly confused with "pitted"?
"pitted" is commonly confused with "Pitts", "posted", "potter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pitted" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Paxton#23,626propel#23,640nugget#23,617neuron#23,612

Similar misspelling depth

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

Pixar7 variantsPears7 variantsRingo7 variantslaird7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list