tattooed

adj

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"tattooed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tattooed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,258
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having one or more tattoos.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tattooed · tattooed · English

tattooed · rank #17,258 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,258
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tenor

Nearest frequency peer: tenor (+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 “tattooed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “tattooed” 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).

tattooed vs tattoo
75% similar
tattooed vs tattered
75% similar

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

Key facts for tattooed
PropertyValue
Headwordtattooed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,258
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tattooed”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).tattooedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “tenor” (#17,259), “thrift” (#17,260), “stylist” (#17,255). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tattooed” is #17,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tattooed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,258 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having one or more tattoos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tattooed, with forms such as "atttooed", "tatooed", and "tatotoed". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tattoo", "tattered", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 tattooed, spelled T-A-T-T-O-O-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having one or more tattoos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The man was so heavily tattooed that it was almost impossible to find any bare skin on his body.
  2. A copiously tattooed young man in a blue jumpsuit sits mansplayed across from her, shackled to the rail on his side of the hallway, staring at Penny.

Synonyms

tatted

This word in other languages

tätowiert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atttooed
  • tatooed
  • tatotoed
  • tattoed
  • tattoeod
  • tattoode
  • tattooedd
  • ttatooed
  • ttattooed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atttooed2tatooed1tatotoed2tattoed1tattoeod2tattoode2tattooedd1ttatooed2
Edit distance from "tattooed"

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 "tattooed"?
"tattooed" is spelled T-A-T-T-O-O-E-D.
What does "tattooed" mean?
As an adjective, "tattooed" means: Having one or more tattoos.
What words are commonly confused with "tattooed"?
"tattooed" is commonly confused with "tattoo", "tattered". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tattooed" come from?
"tattooed" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

traverse#17,263validate#17,266vocalist#17,268Slovakia#17,245

Similar misspelling depth

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

strife9 variantssmiley9 variantswomens9 variantsscrape9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list