sponsored

verb

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"sponsored" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sponsored” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,896
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-sponsored · sponsored · English

sponsored · rank #4,896 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,896
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH snake

Nearest frequency peer: snake (-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 “sponsored”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sponsored” 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).

sponsored vs sponsor
78% similar

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

Key facts for sponsored
PropertyValue
Headwordsponsored
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,896
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sponsored”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).sponsoredlands 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 “snake” (#4,895), “stealing” (#4,897), “shed” (#4,894). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sponsored” is #4,896. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around sponsored, averb. Corpus frequency is #4,896 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of sponsor".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sponsored, with forms such as "psonsored", "sopnsored", and "spnosored". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sponsor", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is sponsored, spelled S-P-O-N-S-O-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of sponsor

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Despite restrictions I did manage to talk a couple of colleagues into doing a sponsored walk [...]. Due to COVID-19 we had to organise this ourselves, but it went off splendidly and the three of us walked 12 miles along the Basing Canal on the River Wey and Thames. [...]."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psonsored
  • sopnsored
  • spnosored
  • sponnsored
  • sponosred
  • sponsoerd
  • sponsorde
  • sponsoredd
  • sponsorred
  • sponsroed
  • sponssored
  • sposnored
  • spponsored
  • ssponsored

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psonsored2sopnsored2spnosored2sponnsored1sponosred2sponsoerd2sponsorde2sponsoredd1
Edit distance from "sponsored"

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 "sponsored"?
"sponsored" is spelled S-P-O-N-S-O-R-E-D.
What does "sponsored" mean?
As a verb, "sponsored" means: simple past and past participle of sponsor
What words are commonly confused with "sponsored"?
"sponsored" is commonly confused with "sponsor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sponsored" come from?
"sponsored" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

suggestion14 variantsaffordable14 variantslegendary14 variantscompeting14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list