redacted

adj

"redacted" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“redacted” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,264
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Edited or censored.

Corpus desk

Index EN-redacted · redacted · English

redacted · rank #27,264 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,264
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH RCMP

Nearest frequency peer: RCMP (-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 “redacted”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “redacted” 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).

redacted vs related
75% similar
redacted vs reduced
75% similar
redacted vs rejected
75% similar

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

Key facts for redacted
PropertyValue
Headwordredacted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,264
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “redacted”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).redactedlands 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 “RCMP” (#27,263), “regretting” (#27,265), “rarer” (#27,262). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “redacted” is #27,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around redacted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,264 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Edited or censored.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for redacted, with forms such as "erdacted", "rdeacted", and "readcted". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "related", "reduced", "rejected", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is redacted, spelled R-E-D-A-C-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Edited or censored.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The government released the redacted document, so most of it was blacked out as secret.
  2. In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care p…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdacted
  • rdeacted
  • readcted
  • redaccted
  • redacetd
  • redactde
  • redactedd
  • redactted
  • redatced
  • redcated
  • reddacted
  • rredacted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erdacted2rdeacted2readcted2redaccted1redacetd2redactde2redactedd1redactted1
Edit distance from "redacted"

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 "redacted"?
"redacted" is spelled R-E-D-A-C-T-E-D.
What does "redacted" mean?
As an adjective, "redacted" means: Edited or censored.
What words are commonly confused with "redacted"?
"redacted" is commonly confused with "related", "reduced", "rejected". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "redacted" come from?
"redacted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "redacted", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list