slammed

verb

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

The verdict

“slammed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,685
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-slammed · slammed · English

slammed · rank #12,685 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,685
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sic

Nearest frequency peer: sic (-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 “slammed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “slammed” 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).

slammed vs slated
71% similar
slammed vs stamped
71% similar
slammed vs stemmed
71% similar

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

Key facts for slammed
PropertyValue
Headwordslammed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,685
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “slammed”

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).slammedlands 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 “sic” (#12,684), “SNP” (#12,686), “shutdown” (#12,683). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “slammed” is #12,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around slammed, averb. Corpus frequency is #12,685 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of slam".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for slammed, with forms such as "lsammed", "salmmed", and "slamed". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "slated", "stamped", "stemmed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is slammed, spelled S-L-A-M-M-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of slam

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He was only a little guy and he got absolutely slammed when I burst through the door like a human battering ram. I sent him flying down the hall, then he continued sliding on his back, already unconscious. 'Knock, knock,' I said[…]
  2. But those who were slammed, truly slammed, were those who had more on the stock side of their portfolios than they should have. It happens, and it happens especially after bull markets, as investors saw in the several years prior[…]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lsammed
  • salmmed
  • slamed
  • slamemd
  • slammde
  • slammedd
  • sllammed
  • slmamed
  • sslammed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lsammed2salmmed2slamed1slamemd2slammde2slammedd1sllammed1slmamed2
Edit distance from "slammed"

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 "slammed"?
"slammed" is spelled S-L-A-M-M-E-D.
What does "slammed" mean?
As a verb, "slammed" means: simple past and past participle of slam
What words are commonly confused with "slammed"?
"slammed" is commonly confused with "slated", "stamped", "stemmed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "slammed" come from?
"slammed" 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 "slammed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list