respected
/ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/
"respected" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“respected” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,007. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,007
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-respected · respected · English
respected · rank #6,007 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,007
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH restoration
Nearest frequency peer: restoration (+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 “respected”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rage
rage
93,997 corpus weight
- rd
rd
93,996 corpus weight
- respected
respected
93,994 corpus weight
- restoration
restoration
93,993 corpus weight
- selfish
selfish
93,992 corpus weight
- sergeant
sergeant
93,991 corpus weight
What this shows “respected” 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 | respected |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “respected”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around respected (IPA /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,007 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for respected, with forms such as "erspected", "repsected", and "resepcted". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "respects", "respect", "rejected", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is respected, spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how respected appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was a respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erspected
- repsected
- resepcted
- respceted
- respeccted
- respecetd
- respectde
- respectedd
- respectted
- respetced
- resppected
- resspected
- rrespected
- rsepected
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of respected - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "respected", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).