premeditated

adj

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"premeditated" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“premeditated” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,299
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-premeditated · premeditated · English

premeditated · rank #31,299 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,299
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH potted

Nearest frequency peer: potted (-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 “premeditated”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “premeditated” 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
Key facts for premeditated
PropertyValue
Headwordpremeditated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,299
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “premeditated” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).premeditatedlands 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 “potted” (#31,298), “preset” (#31,300), “possum” (#31,297). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around premeditated, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,299 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for premeditated, with forms such as "permeditated", "ppremeditated", and "preemditated". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is premeditated, spelled P-R-E-M-E-D-I-T-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. premeditated assault
  2. a premeditated act of aggression

Synonyms

advisedaforethoughtforebegottenforeconceivedpreconceivedpredesignedpremeditatedprepensepreplanned

Antonyms

improvisedspontaneousunpremeditated

This word in other languages

premeditado(Español)prémédité(Français)vorsätzlich(Deutsch)premeditado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • permeditated
  • ppremeditated
  • preemditated
  • premdeitated
  • premedditated
  • premediatted
  • premeditaetd
  • premeditatde
  • premeditatedd
  • premeditatted
  • premedittaed
  • premedittated
  • premedtiated
  • premeidtated
  • premmeditated
  • prmeeditated
  • prremeditated
  • rpemeditated

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of premeditated - 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.

permeditated2ppremeditated1preemditated2premdeitated2premedditated1premediatted2premeditaetd2premeditatde2
Edit distance from "premeditated"

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 "premeditated"?
"premeditated" is spelled P-R-E-M-E-D-I-T-A-T-E-D.
What does "premeditated" mean?
As an adjective, "premeditated" means: Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
What are common misspellings of "premeditated"?
Common misspellings include "permeditated", "ppremeditated", "preemditated", "premdeitated", "premedditated". The correct spelling is "premeditated".
What language does "premeditated" come from?
"premeditated" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

refreshment18 variantsparadoxically18 variantsretractable18 variantsaerodynamics18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list