sadder
/ˈsæ.də/
"sadder" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sadder” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,949
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of sad: more sad
Corpus desk
Index EN-sadder · sadder · English
sadder · rank #30,949 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,949
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sailboat
Nearest frequency peer: sailboat (+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 “sadder”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- saba
saba
69,056 corpus weight
- sabbatical
sabbatical
69,055 corpus weight
- sadder
sadder
69,052 corpus weight
- sailboat
sailboat
69,051 corpus weight
- salaried
salaried
69,050 corpus weight
- Salmond
Salmond
69,049 corpus weight
What this shows “sadder” 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 | sadder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsæ.də/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sadder”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sadder (IPA /ˈsæ.də/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,949 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of sad: more sad".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sadder, with forms such as "asdder", "sadderr", and "saddre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sade", "Sadr", "saver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sadder, spelled S-A-D-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of sad: more sad
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sadder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asdder
- sadderr
- saddre
- sadedr
- sader
- sdader
- ssadder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sadder - 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 "sadder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).