spotted
[ˈspɒtɪ̈d]
"spotted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spotted” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,268 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,268
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discoloured by spots; stained.
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 | spotted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈspɒtɪ̈d] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spotted” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spotted is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈspɒtɪ̈d]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,268 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spotted, with forms such as "psotted", "soptted", and "spoted". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "spotty", "spotter", "sorted", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is spotted, spelled S-P-O-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Discoloured by spots; stained.
- 2Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psotted,soptted,spoted,spotetd,spottde,spottedd,sppotted,sptoted,sspotted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spotted - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “spotted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-O-T-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈspɒtɪ̈d] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spotty” - see the side-by-side comparison. spotted vs spotty
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.