satisfied
/ˈsætɪsfaɪd/
"satisfied" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“satisfied” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,485 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,485
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of satisfy
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | satisfied |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “satisfied” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for satisfied is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,485 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 satisfy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for satisfied, with forms such as "astisfied", "saitsfied", and "satifsied". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the verb satisfy, equivalent to satisfy + -ed. The correct English form is satisfied, spelled S-A-T-I-S-F-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of satisfy
Etymology
From the verb satisfy, equivalent to satisfy + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: astisfied,saitsfied,satifsied,satisfeid,satisffied,satisfide,satisfiedd,satisifed,satissfied,satsified,sattisfied,ssatisfied,staisfied
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of satisfied - 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.
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Using “satisfied”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-T-I-S-F-I-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.