relieved
/ɹɪˈliːvd/
"relieved" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“relieved” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,731
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
Corpus desk
Index EN-relieved · relieved · English
relieved · rank #7,731 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,731
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ref
Nearest frequency peer: ref (-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 “relieved”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- quarterback
quarterback
92,273 corpus weight
- Reagan
Reagan
92,272 corpus weight
- ref
ref
92,271 corpus weight
- relieved
relieved
92,270 corpus weight
- replies
replies
92,269 corpus weight
- reservation
reservation
92,268 corpus weight
What this shows “relieved” 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 | relieved |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈliːvd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “relieved”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around relieved (IPA /ɹɪˈliːvd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,731 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for relieved, with forms such as "erlieved", "reileved", and "releived". 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, "relive", "revived", "reliever", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is relieved, spelled R-E-L-I-E-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relieved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was extremely relieved when the lesson finished.
In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erlieved
- reileved
- releived
- relieevd
- relievde
- relievedd
- relievved
- reliveed
- rellieved
- rleieved
- rrelieved
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relieved - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "relieved", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).