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repeated

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "repeated", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "repeated" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "repeated" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

repeated is aEnglishverb. It means: simple past and past participle of repeat Pronounced /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/. It ranks #4,481 in English word frequency. Often confused with reputed and reported.

Key facts for repeated
PropertyValue
Headwordrepeated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,481
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of repeated in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for repeated is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,481 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of repeat".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for repeated, with forms such as "erpeated", "reepated", and "repaeted". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "reputed", "reported", "revealed", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is repeated, spelled R-E-P-E-A-T-E-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of repeat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erpeated,reepated,repaeted,repeaetd,repeatde,repeatedd,repeatted,repetaed,reppeated,rpeeated,rrepeated

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for repeated

Misspelling Variants of "repeated"

erpeated8reepated8repaeted8repeaetd8repeatde8repeatedd9repeatted9repetaed8
Misspelling Variants of "repeated"

Frequency rank: #4,481 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "repeated"?
"repeated" is spelled R-E-P-E-A-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/.
What does "repeated" mean?
As a verb, "repeated" means: simple past and past participle of repeat
What words are commonly confused with "repeated"?
"repeated" is commonly confused with "reputed", "reported", "revealed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "repeated"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repeated" is /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repeated" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.