serrated
/səˈɹeɪtɪd/
"serrated" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“serrated” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,337
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Notched or cut like a saw.
Corpus desk
Index EN-serrated · serrated · English
serrated · rank #36,337 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,337
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH serrano
Nearest frequency peer: serrano (-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 “serrated”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sequoia
sequoia
63,667 corpus weight
- serrano
serrano
63,665 corpus weight
- serrated
serrated
63,664 corpus weight
- severing
severing
63,663 corpus weight
- shunt
shunt
63,662 corpus weight
- Smyrna
Smyrna
63,661 corpus weight
What this shows “serrated” 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 | serrated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səˈɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “serrated”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around serrated (IPA /səˈɹeɪtɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,337 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for serrated, with forms such as "esrrated", "serarted", and "serated". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "seated", "secreted", "separated", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Past participle of serrate. The correct English form is serrated, spelled S-E-R-R-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Notched or cut like a saw.
- 2Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how serrated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That knife has a serrated blade.
The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife.
Etymology
Past participle of serrate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esrrated
- serarted
- serated
- serraetd
- serratde
- serratedd
- serratted
- serrtaed
- srerated
- sserrated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serrated - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "serrated", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).