sprayed

/spɹeɪd/

//spɹeɪd// verb

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

The verdict

“sprayed” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,278
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-sprayed · sprayed · English

sprayed · rank #15,278 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,278
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH slab

Nearest frequency peer: slab (-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 “sprayed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sprayed” 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).

sprayed vs stayed
71% similar
sprayed vs sprays
71% similar
sprayed vs swayed
71% similar

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

Key facts for sprayed
PropertyValue
Headwordsprayed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/spɹeɪd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,278
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sprayed”

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).sprayedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “slab” (#15,277), “stacks” (#15,279), “skyline” (#15,276). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sprayed” is #15,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sprayed (IPA /spɹeɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,278 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of spray".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sprayed, with forms such as "psrayed", "sparyed", and "spprayed". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "stayed", "sprays", "swayed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is sprayed, spelled S-P-R-A-Y-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of spray

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psrayed
  • sparyed
  • spprayed
  • spraeyd
  • sprayde
  • sprayedd
  • sprayyed
  • sprrayed
  • spryaed
  • srpayed
  • ssprayed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psrayed2sparyed2spprayed1spraeyd2sprayde2sprayedd1sprayyed1sprrayed1
Edit distance from "sprayed"

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 "sprayed"?
"sprayed" is spelled S-P-R-A-Y-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /spɹeɪd/.
What does "sprayed" mean?
As a verb, "sprayed" means: simple past and past participle of spray
What words are commonly confused with "sprayed"?
"sprayed" is commonly confused with "stayed", "sprays", "swayed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sprayed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprayed" is /spɹeɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprayed" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

skyline#15,276shuffle#15,272swimmer#15,287remorse#15,258

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

traveller11 variantsregained11 variantsnautical11 variantsAngelina11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list