traversed
/tɹəˈvɝst/
"traversed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“traversed” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,803
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of traverse
Corpus desk
Index EN-traversed · traversed · English
traversed · rank #31,803 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,803
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trifle
Nearest frequency peer: trifle (+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 “traversed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Thurman
Thurman
68,202 corpus weight
- tickling
tickling
68,201 corpus weight
- traversed
traversed
68,198 corpus weight
- trifle
trifle
68,197 corpus weight
- Trixie
Trixie
68,196 corpus weight
- twine
twine
68,195 corpus weight
What this shows “traversed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | traversed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɹəˈvɝst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “traversed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around traversed (IPA /tɹəˈvɝst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,803 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of traverse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for traversed, with forms such as "rtaversed", "tarversed", and "traevrsed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Travers", "traveled", "traverse", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is traversed, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of traverse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtaversed
- tarversed
- traevrsed
- traveresd
- traverrsed
- traversde
- traversedd
- traverssed
- travesred
- travresed
- travversed
- trraversed
- trvaersed
- ttraversed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traversed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).