purposed
/ˈpəːpəst/
"purposed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“purposed” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,855
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intentional, deliberate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-purposed · purposed · English
purposed · rank #47,855 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,855
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH purist
Nearest frequency peer: purist (-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 “purposed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pullout
pullout
52,149 corpus weight
- puppeteer
puppeteer
52,148 corpus weight
- purist
purist
52,147 corpus weight
- purposed
purposed
52,146 corpus weight
- radiography
radiography
52,145 corpus weight
- Rajput
Rajput
52,144 corpus weight
What this shows “purposed” 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 | purposed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpəːpəst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “purposed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around purposed (IPA /ˈpəːpəst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,855 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for purposed, with forms such as "ppurposed", "pruposed", and "puprosed". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "purposes", "purposely", "purpose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From purpose + -ed. The correct English form is purposed, spelled P-U-R-P-O-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Intentional, deliberate.
- 2Having a purpose or aim; determined.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how purposed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to interrupt the course of his continuall happinesse, and to recompence it, [he] cast the richest and most precious jewell he had into the Sea, deeming that by this purposed [translating aposté] mishap he should satisfie the revolution and vicissitude of fortune[…].
O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?
Etymology
From purpose + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppurposed
- pruposed
- puprosed
- puropsed
- purpoesd
- purposde
- purposedd
- purpossed
- purpposed
- purpsoed
- purrposed
- uprposed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of purposed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "purposed", 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).