tufted
/ˈtʌftɪd/
"tufted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tufted” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,921
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having tufts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tufted · tufted · English
tufted · rank #41,921 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,921
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tumult
Nearest frequency peer: tumult (+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 “tufted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- troublemaker
troublemaker
58,085 corpus weight
- truely
truely
58,084 corpus weight
- trumpeter
trumpeter
58,083 corpus weight
- tufted
tufted
58,080 corpus weight
- tumult
tumult
58,079 corpus weight
- uninitiated
uninitiated
58,076 corpus weight
What this shows “tufted” 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 | tufted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtʌftɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tufted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tufted (IPA /ˈtʌftɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,921 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having tufts.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tufted, with forms such as "tfuted", "ttufted", and "tufetd". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "tuned", "Tufts", "turned", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 tufted, spelled T-U-F-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having tufts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tufted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of rose-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tfuted
- ttufted
- tufetd
- tuffted
- tuftde
- tuftedd
- tuftted
- tutfed
- utfted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tufted - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tufted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).