plastered

adj

"plastered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“plastered” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,066
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coated with plaster.

Corpus desk

Index EN-plastered · plastered · English

plastered · rank #23,066 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,066
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH playa

Nearest frequency peer: playa (+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 “plastered”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “plastered” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

plastered vs plaster
78% similar

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

Key facts for plastered
PropertyValue
Headwordplastered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,066
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “plastered” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around plastered, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,066 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for plastered, with forms such as "lpastered", "palstered", and "plasetred". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "plaster", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is plastered, spelled P-L-A-S-T-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coated with plaster.
  2. 2
    Drunk, intoxicated.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The old home had plastered walls rather than drywall.
  2. The only way he could deal with the grief following his wife's death was to get so plastered that he passed out.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpastered
  • palstered
  • plasetred
  • plasstered
  • plasteerd
  • plasterde
  • plasteredd
  • plasterred
  • plastreed
  • plasttered
  • platsered
  • pllastered
  • plsatered
  • pplastered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plastered - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpastered2palstered2plasetred2plasstered1plasteerd2plasterde2plasteredd1plasterred1
Edit distance from "plastered"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plastered"?
"plastered" is spelled P-L-A-S-T-E-R-E-D.
What does "plastered" mean?
As an adjective, "plastered" means: Coated with plaster.
What words are commonly confused with "plastered"?
"plastered" is commonly confused with "plaster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "plastered" come from?
"plastered" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "plaster". View pair
  • 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #23,066 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list