scoured

noun

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"scoured" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“scoured” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,066
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease.

Corpus desk

Index EN-scoured · scoured · English

scoured · rank #35,066 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,066
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH scavenging

Nearest frequency peer: scavenging (-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 “scoured”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “scoured” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

scoured vs soared
71% similar
scoured vs secured
71% similar
scoured vs shouted
71% similar

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

Key facts for scoured
PropertyValue
Headwordscoured
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,066
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “scoured”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).scouredlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “scavenging” (#35,065), “scrotum” (#35,067), “SBA” (#35,064). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “scoured” is #35,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around scoured, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,066 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for scoured, with forms such as "csoured", "sccoured", and "scorued". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "soared", "secured", "shouted", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is scoured, spelled S-C-O-U-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how scoured appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Natal grease wool sustained its price, and varied very little; Natal scoureds, especially the defective kinds, obtained the same prices as all other kinds of scoureds.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csoured
  • sccoured
  • scorued
  • scouerd
  • scourde
  • scouredd
  • scourred
  • scuored
  • socured
  • sscoured

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scoured - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

csoured2sccoured1scorued2scouerd2scourde2scouredd1scourred1scuored2
Edit distance from "scoured"

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 "scoured"?
"scoured" is spelled S-C-O-U-R-E-D.
What does "scoured" mean?
As a noun, "scoured" means: Wool that has undergone scouring to remove grease.
What words are commonly confused with "scoured"?
"scoured" is commonly confused with "soared", "secured", "shouted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "scoured" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scoured", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scrotum#35,067scruffy#35,068sawdust#35,063Sarawak#35,062

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

rollover10 variantsSparky10 variantsquintet10 variantsSusannah10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list