razed

adj

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

The verdict

“razed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,652
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slashed or striped in patterns.

Corpus desk

Index EN-razed · razed · English

razed · rank #37,652 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,652
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rapunzel

Nearest frequency peer: Rapunzel (-2 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 “razed”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “razed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

razed vs red
60% similar
razed vs reed
60% similar
razed vs ruled
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for razed
PropertyValue
Headwordrazed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,652
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “razed”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).razedlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Rapunzel” (#37,650), “Rainey” (#37,649), “rejuvenation” (#37,655). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “razed” is #37,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around razed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,652 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Slashed or striped in patterns.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for razed, with forms such as "arzed", "raezd", and "razde". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "red", "reed", "ruled", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is razed, spelled R-A-Z-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Slashed or striped in patterns.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how razed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers—if the rest of my fortunes turn Turk with me—with two Provincial roses on my raz’d shoes, get me a fellowship in a cry of players, sir?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arzed
  • raezd
  • razde
  • razedd
  • razzed
  • rrazed
  • rzaed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of razed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arzed2raezd2razde2razedd1razzed1rrazed1rzaed2
Edit distance from "razed"

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 "razed"?
"razed" is spelled R-A-Z-E-D.
What does "razed" mean?
As an adjective, "razed" means: Slashed or striped in patterns.
What words are commonly confused with "razed"?
"razed" is commonly confused with "red", "reed", "ruled". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "razed" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

probs#37,641Saito#37,665Samar#37,666sarin#37,669

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ruffle7 variantsOxley7 variantsOneida7 variantsoeuvre7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list