promulgated
/ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/
"promulgated" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“promulgated” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,798
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of promulgate
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | promulgated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “promulgated” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around promulgated (IPA /ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,798 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of promulgate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for promulgated, with forms such as "pormulgated", "ppromulgated", and "prmoulgated". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is promulgated, spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of promulgate
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pormulgated
- ppromulgated
- prmoulgated
- promlugated
- prommulgated
- promuglated
- promulagted
- promulgaetd
- promulgatde
- promulgatedd
- promulgatted
- promulggated
- promulgtaed
- promullgated
- proumlgated
- prromulgated
- rpomulgated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promulgated - 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 “promulgated”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹɑməlɡeɪtɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.