waked
/ˈweɪkt/
"waked" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waked” is uncommon English (frequency #85,928 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,928
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of wake
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈweɪkt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “waked” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
waked is uncommon English at frequency #85,928 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈweɪkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of wake".
No misspelling variants are generated for waked in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is waked, spelled W-A-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of wake
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 “waked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈweɪkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.