specified
/ˈspɛsɪfaɪd/
"specified" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“specified” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,522
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thoroughly explained.
Corpus desk
Index EN-specified · specified · English
specified · rank #6,522 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,522
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH smartphone
Nearest frequency peer: smartphone (-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 “specified”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shout
shout
93,482 corpus weight
- sierra
sierra
93,481 corpus weight
- smartphone
smartphone
93,480 corpus weight
- specified
specified
93,479 corpus weight
- spectacular
spectacular
93,478 corpus weight
- stan
stan
93,477 corpus weight
What this shows “specified” 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 | specified |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈspɛsɪfaɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “specified”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around specified (IPA /ˈspɛsɪfaɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,522 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Thoroughly explained.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for specified, with forms such as "psecified", "sepcified", and "spceified". 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, "specific", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 specified, spelled S-P-E-C-I-F-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Thoroughly explained.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how specified appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the process of production, human beings work not only upon nature, but also upon one another. They produce only by working together in a specified manner and reciprocally exchanging their activities.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psecified
- sepcified
- spceified
- speccified
- specfiied
- specifeid
- speciffied
- specifide
- specifiedd
- speciifed
- speicfied
- sppecified
- sspecified
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of specified - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).