recessed
"recessed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recessed” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,432
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recessed · recessed · English
recessed · rank #29,432 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,432
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rayon
Nearest frequency peer: rayon (-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 “recessed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Ramona
Ramona
70,572 corpus weight
- rani
rani
70,571 corpus weight
- rayon
rayon
70,570 corpus weight
- recessed
recessed
70,569 corpus weight
- recklessly
recklessly
70,568 corpus weight
- reflux
reflux
70,566 corpus weight
What this shows “recessed” 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 | recessed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “recessed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around recessed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,432 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for recessed, with forms such as "ercessed", "rceessed", and "reccessed". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "released", "repressed", "recess", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is recessed, spelled R-E-C-E-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.
- 2withdrawn; secluded
- 3having a recess or nook
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recessed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
General lighting of both cars is obtained from large electric light fittings arranged along the centre of the ceiling, while auxiliary lighting over the seats is provided by small semi-recessed electric light fittings situated along the underside of the side luggage racks.
Sun blinds (recessed in a pelmet) were provided for all windows, except in the corridors.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercessed
- rceessed
- reccessed
- recesed
- recesesd
- recessde
- recessedd
- recsesed
- reecssed
- rrecessed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recessed - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "recessed", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).