quilted
"quilted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quilted” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,180
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quilted · quilted · English
quilted · rank #37,180 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,180
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH QF
Nearest frequency peer: QF (-3 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 “quilted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- PSC
PSC
62,826 corpus weight
- puny
puny
62,825 corpus weight
- QF
QF
62,824 corpus weight
- quilted
quilted
62,821 corpus weight
- radium
radium
62,817 corpus weight
- ramming
ramming
62,816 corpus weight
What this shows “quilted” 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 | quilted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “quilted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around quilted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,180 among 288 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for quilted, with forms such as "qiulted", "qquilted", and "quiletd". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "quite", "quoted", "quintet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is quilted, spelled Q-U-I-L-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
- 2Having characteristics that approximate the above to some degree.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quilted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a brand of quilted toilet paper
The stateroom panelling is veneered with quilted maple and walnut, and the furniture is in sycamore and walnut.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiulted
- qquilted
- quiletd
- quillted
- quiltde
- quiltedd
- quiltted
- quitled
- qulited
- uqilted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quilted - 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 "quilted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).