sealed

/siːld/

//siːld// verb

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"sealed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sealed” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,917
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of seal

Corpus desk

Index EN-sealed · sealed · English

sealed · rank #5,917 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,917
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sounded

Nearest frequency peer: sounded (+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 “sealed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sealed” 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).

sealed vs seed
67% similar
sealed vs sled
67% similar
sealed vs seals
67% similar

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

Key facts for sealed
PropertyValue
Headwordsealed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/siːld/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,917
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sealed”

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “sounded” (#5,918), “Samsung” (#5,915), “ridge” (#5,914). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sealed” is #5,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sealed (IPA /siːld/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,917 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of seal".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sealed, with forms such as "esaled", "saeled", and "seaeld". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seed", "sled", "seals", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sealed, spelled S-E-A-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of seal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esaled
  • saeled
  • seaeld
  • sealde
  • sealedd
  • sealled
  • selaed
  • ssealed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sealed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esaled2saeled2seaeld2sealde2sealedd1sealled1selaed2ssealed1
Edit distance from "sealed"

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 "sealed"?
"sealed" is spelled S-E-A-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /siːld/.
What does "sealed" mean?
As a verb, "sealed" means: simple past and past participle of seal
What words are commonly confused with "sealed"?
"sealed" is commonly confused with "seed", "sled", "seals". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sealed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sealed" is /siːld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sealed" come from?
"sealed" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ashley#5,935pilots#5,899linear#5,894jungle#5,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

tends8 variantsarrives8 variantscooked8 variantseleven8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list