rayed

verb

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"rayed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rayed” is uncommon English (frequency #58,961 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,961
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of ray

Corpus desk

Index EN-rayed · rayed · English

rayed · rank #58,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,961
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH RCN

Nearest frequency peer: RCN (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “rayed”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “rayed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rayed
PropertyValue
Headwordrayed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “rayed” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).rayedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “RCN” (#58,962), “rapturous” (#58,959), “readmission” (#58,963). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “rayed” is #58,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rayed is uncommon English at frequency #58,961 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of ray".

No misspelling variants are generated for rayed in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ray + -ed. Piecewise doublet of radiused. The correct English form is rayed, spelled R-A-Y-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ray

Etymology

From ray + -ed. Piecewise doublet of radiused.

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 "rayed"?
"rayed" is spelled R-A-Y-E-D.
What does "rayed" mean?
As a verb, "rayed" means: simple past and past participle of ray
What is the origin of the word "rayed"?
From ray + -ed. Piecewise doublet of radiused. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

regen#58,968Punic#58,949paean#58,916pacey#58,914

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list