rode
/ɹəʊd/
"rode" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rode” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,198
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - simple past of ride
Corpus desk
Index EN-rode · rode · English
rode · rank #8,198 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,198
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ricky
Nearest frequency peer: Ricky (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rode”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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renewable
91,806 corpus weight
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91,805 corpus weight
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Ricky
91,804 corpus weight
- rode
rode
91,803 corpus weight
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Ronald
91,802 corpus weight
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sack
91,801 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rode” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹəʊd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rode” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rode (IPA /ɹəʊd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,198 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rode, with forms such as "orde", "rdoe", and "rodde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "row", "Roy", "Ron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is rode, spelled R-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1simple past of ride
- 2past participle of ride
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]
We dined at Martin's, and then came on to father Low's: we have rode but eight miles this day.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orde
- rdoe
- rodde
- roed
- rrode
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rode - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rode", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.