sched
/skɛd͡ʒ/
"sched" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sched” is uncommon English (frequency #67,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,023
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of schedule.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sched · sched · English
sched · rank #67,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,023
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scarily
Nearest frequency peer: scarily (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “sched”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sauk
Sauk
32,982 corpus weight
- scarily
scarily
32,979 corpus weight
- sched
sched
32,978 corpus weight
- schizoid
schizoid
32,977 corpus weight
- Schoen
Schoen
32,976 corpus weight
- Scientologi…
Scientologist
32,974 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sched” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sched |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skɛd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sched” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sched is uncommon English at frequency #67,023 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /skɛd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of schedule.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sched in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sched, spelled S-C-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1Clipping of schedule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sched appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'I took your telegram over there to send to the doctor, but it was too late for the sched. and the old man wasn't there. I felt the wireless and it was cold. I don't think he listened in.'
In cases of extreme urgency, St. Anthony might be able to send one of the Mission boats, and, of course, there was the radio-telephone by which we kept contact, and there was always a daily "sched" at twelve noon.
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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