vested
/ˈvɛstɪd/
"vested" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vested” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,159
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vested · vested · English
vested · rank #16,159 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,159
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH variance
Nearest frequency peer: variance (-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 “vested”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unfold
unfold
83,846 corpus weight
- USDA
USDA
83,845 corpus weight
- USS
USS
83,844 corpus weight
- variance
variance
83,843 corpus weight
- vested
vested
83,842 corpus weight
- wah
wah
83,839 corpus weight
What this shows “vested” 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 | vested |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvɛstɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vested”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around vested (IPA /ˈvɛstɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,159 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vested, with forms such as "evsted", "vesetd", and "vessted". 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, "vexed", "Vettel", "vetted", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vested, spelled V-E-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
- 2Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vested appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evsted
- vesetd
- vessted
- vestde
- vestedd
- vestted
- vetsed
- vseted
- vvested
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vested - 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 "vested", 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).