staffed

adj

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

The verdict

“staffed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,437
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occupied by staff, having members of staff.

Corpus desk

Index EN-staffed · staffed · English

staffed · rank #18,437 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,437
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spills

Nearest frequency peer: spills (-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 “staffed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “staffed” 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).

staffed vs stated
71% similar
staffed vs stayed
71% similar
staffed vs staged
71% similar

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

Key facts for staffed
PropertyValue
Headwordstaffed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,437
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “staffed”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).staffedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “spills” (#18,436), “stumbling” (#18,438), “Spence” (#18,435). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “staffed” is #18,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around staffed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,437 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Occupied by staff, having members of staff.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for staffed, with forms such as "satffed", "sstaffed", and "stafed". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "stated", "stayed", "staged", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is staffed, spelled S-T-A-F-F-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Occupied by staff, having members of staff.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The staffed facility includes a station building, cycle parking, interchange with local buses, and a large pay-and-display car park.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satffed
  • sstaffed
  • stafed
  • stafefd
  • staffde
  • staffedd
  • stfafed
  • sttaffed
  • tsaffed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of staffed - 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.

satffed2sstaffed1stafed1stafefd2staffde2staffedd1stfafed2sttaffed1
Edit distance from "staffed"

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 "staffed"?
"staffed" is spelled S-T-A-F-F-E-D.
What does "staffed" mean?
As an adjective, "staffed" means: Occupied by staff, having members of staff.
What words are commonly confused with "staffed"?
"staffed" is commonly confused with "stated", "stayed", "staged". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "staffed" come from?
"staffed" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sweeney#18,441tackled#18,443takeoff#18,444taxable#18,447

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

synth9 variantsridges9 variantsrevert9 variantsrepent9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list