send

/sɛnd/

//sɛnd// verb

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"send" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“send” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#817
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

Corpus desk

Index EN-send · send · English

send · rank #817 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #817
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH quality

Nearest frequency peer: quality (-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 “send”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “send” 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).

send vs set
50% similar
send vs son
50% similar
send vs sex
50% similar

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

Key facts for send
PropertyValue
Headwordsend
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sɛnd/
Letters4
Frequency rank#817
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “send”

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).sendlands 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 “quality” (#816), “style” (#818), “property” (#815). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “send” is #817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around send (IPA /sɛnd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #817 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for send, with forms such as "esnd", "sedn", and "sendd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "set", "son", "sex", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun deriv… The correct English form is send, spelled S-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
  2. 2
    To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
  3. 3
    To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
  4. 4
    To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
  5. 5
    To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about.
  6. 6
    To cause to be or to happen; to bring; bring about.
  7. 7
    To pitch.
  8. 8
    To climb a route without falling.
  9. 9
    To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
  10. 10
    To care.
  11. 11
    To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
  12. 12
    To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
  2. She sends me a letter every month.

Etymology

From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The noun derives from the verb. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian seende (“to send”), Dutch zenden (“to send”), German senden (“to send”), Danish and Norwegian sende (“to send”), Swedish sända (“to send”), Icelandic senda (“to send”). Related also to Old English sand, sond (“a sending, mission, message”). See also sith.

This word in other languages

enviar(Español)envoyer(Français)senden(Deutsch)enviar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esnd
  • sedn
  • sendd
  • sennd
  • sned
  • ssend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esnd2sedn2sendd1sennd1sned2ssend1
Edit distance from "send"

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 "send"?
"send" is spelled S-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛnd/.
What does "send" mean?
As a verb, "send" means: To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
What words are commonly confused with "send"?
"send" is commonly confused with "set", "son", "sex". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "send"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "send" is /sɛnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "send"?
From Middle English senden, from Old English sendan (“to send, cause to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye- (“to cause to go”), causative of *sent- (“to walk, travel”). The ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list