splayed
/spleɪd/
"splayed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“splayed” is uncommon English (frequency #55,760 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,760
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
Corpus desk
Index EN-splayed · splayed · English
splayed · rank #55,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spline
Nearest frequency peer: spline (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “splayed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- spaceman
spaceman
44,246 corpus weight
- spearman
spearman
44,244 corpus weight
- splayed
splayed
44,241 corpus weight
- spline
spline
44,240 corpus weight
- sportscaster
sportscaster
44,239 corpus weight
- springy
springy
44,237 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “splayed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | splayed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /spleɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “splayed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
splayed is uncommon English at frequency #55,760 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /spleɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for splayed in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From splay + -ed. The correct English form is splayed, spelled S-P-L-A-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
- 2wide open
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how splayed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a splayed door frame
Etymology
From splay + -ed.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).