promised
/ˈpɹɒm.ɪst/
"promised" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“promised” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,079
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Predicted; expected; anticipated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-promised · promised · English
promised · rank #3,079 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,079
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pride
Nearest frequency peer: pride (-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 “promised”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Olympic
Olympic
96,925 corpus weight
- philosophy
philosophy
96,924 corpus weight
- pride
pride
96,923 corpus weight
- promised
promised
96,922 corpus weight
- repeat
repeat
96,921 corpus weight
- returning
returning
96,920 corpus weight
What this shows “promised” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | promised |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɒm.ɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “promised”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around promised (IPA /ˈpɹɒm.ɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,079 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for promised, with forms such as "pormised", "ppromised", and "prmoised". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "provided", "proposed", "promises", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is promised, spelled P-R-O-M-I-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Predicted; expected; anticipated.
- 2Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
- 3Due to become manifest because of a past promise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how promised appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On December 16, the Times reported that if the promised weather change came, Robert would likely take off the next day.
Not only was there still no sign of the promised economic recovery, but their presentational skills lapsed into farce.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pormised
- ppromised
- prmoised
- proimsed
- promiesd
- promisde
- promisedd
- promissed
- prommised
- promsied
- prromised
- rpomised
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promised - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "promised", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).