rowed
/ɹəʊd/
"rowed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rowed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,141
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of row
Corpus desk
Index EN-rowed · rowed · English
rowed · rank #38,141 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,141
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH roundhouse
Nearest frequency peer: roundhouse (-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 “rowed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- roasts
roasts
61,864 corpus weight
- rotunda
rotunda
61,862 corpus weight
- roundhouse
roundhouse
61,861 corpus weight
- rowed
rowed
61,860 corpus weight
- Rushmore
Rushmore
61,857 corpus weight
- sativa
sativa
61,855 corpus weight
What this shows “rowed” 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 | rowed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹəʊd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #38,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rowed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around rowed (IPA /ɹəʊd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,141 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of row".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rowed, with forms such as "orwed", "roewd", and "rowde". 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, "rows", "ruled", "rower", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From row (verb) + -ed. The correct English form is rowed, spelled R-O-W-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of row
Etymology
From row (verb) + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orwed
- roewd
- rowde
- rowedd
- rowwed
- rrowed
- rwoed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rowed - 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 "rowed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).