untied
"untied" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“untied” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,498
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not tied; undone
Corpus desk
Index EN-untied · untied · English
untied · rank #40,498 · 7 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,498
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unsteady
Nearest frequency peer: unsteady (-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 “untied”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unmet
unmet
59,505 corpus weight
- unsteady
unsteady
59,504 corpus weight
- untied
untied
59,503 corpus weight
- unturned
unturned
59,502 corpus weight
- uplink
uplink
59,501 corpus weight
- us's
us's
59,500 corpus weight
What this shows “untied” 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 | untied |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “untied” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around untied, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,498 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not tied; undone".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for untied, with forms such as "nutied", "unntied", and "unteid". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "until", "unused", "untold", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + tied. The correct English form is untied, spelled U-N-T-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not tied; undone
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how untied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sack had been left untied, and so by wriggling a bit he was able to get his head through the opening and look out.
Etymology
From un- + tied.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nutied
- unntied
- unteid
- untide
- untiedd
- unttied
- utnied
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untied - 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.
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 "untied", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).