saturated

adj

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"saturated" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“saturated” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #11,960 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#11,960
frequency rank, English
9
letters
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

saturated vs situated
78% similar
saturated vs saturate
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for saturated
PropertyValue
Headwordsaturated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,960
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “saturated” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). saturated lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for saturated is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #11,960 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for saturated, with forms such as "asturated", "satruated", and "satturated". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "situated", "saturate", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is saturated, spelled S-A-T-U-R-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  2. 2
    Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  3. 3
    Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  4. 4
    Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
  5. 5
    Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
  6. 6
    Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
  7. 7
    Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
  8. 8
    Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).

This word in other languages

saturé(Français)gesättigt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asturated,satruated,satturated,satuarted,saturaetd,saturatde,saturatedd,saturatted,saturrated,saturtaed,sautrated,ssaturated,staurated

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saturated - 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.

asturated2satruated2satturated1satuarted2saturaetd2saturatde2saturatedd1saturatted1
Edit distance from "saturated"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saturated"?
"saturated" is spelled S-A-T-U-R-A-T-E-D.
What does "saturated" mean?
As an adjective, "saturated" means: Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
What words are commonly confused with "saturated"?
"saturated" is commonly confused with "situated", "saturate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "saturated" come from?
"saturated" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “saturated”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-A-T-U-R-A-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “situated” - see the side-by-side comparison. saturated vs situated
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list