sedimentary
/ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
"sedimentary" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sedimentary” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,568
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sedimentary · sedimentary · English
sedimentary · rank #25,568 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,568
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH seater
Nearest frequency peer: seater (-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 “sedimentary”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- schoolgirl
schoolgirl
74,436 corpus weight
- seamlessly
seamlessly
74,435 corpus weight
- seater
seater
74,434 corpus weight
- sedimentary
sedimentary
74,433 corpus weight
- semblance
semblance
74,432 corpus weight
- sensei
sensei
74,431 corpus weight
What this shows “sedimentary” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sedimentary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sedimentary”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around sedimentary (IPA /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,568 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sedimentary, with forms such as "esdimentary", "sdeimentary", and "seddimentary". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sedentary", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sediment + -ary. The correct English form is sedimentary, spelled S-E-D-I-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sedimentary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.
Etymology
From sediment + -ary.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esdimentary
- sdeimentary
- seddimentary
- sediemntary
- sedimenatry
- sedimenntary
- sedimentarry
- sedimentaryy
- sedimentayr
- sedimentray
- sedimenttary
- sedimetnary
- sedimmentary
- sedimnetary
- sedmientary
- seidmentary
- ssedimentary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sedimentary - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sedimentary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).