violated
/ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/
"violated" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“violated” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,226 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,226
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner.
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 | violated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “violated” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for violated is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,226 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for violated, with forms such as "ivolated", "viloated", and "vioalted". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "violate", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is violated, spelled V-I-O-L-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner.
- 2Abused, harmed or sexually victimized.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivolated,viloated,vioalted,violaetd,violatde,violatedd,violatted,viollated,violtaed,voilated,vviolated
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violated - 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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Using “violated”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-I-O-L-A-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “violate” - see the side-by-side comparison. violated vs violate
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.