weakened
/ˈwiː.kənd/
"weakened" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weakened” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,797
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reduced; made less strong.
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 | weakened |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwiː.kənd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weakened” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around weakened (IPA /ˈwiː.kənd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,797 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Reduced; made less strong.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for weakened, with forms such as "ewakened", "waekened", and "weaekned". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "weekend", "weaken", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is weakened, spelled W-E-A-K-E-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Reduced; made less strong.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewakened,waekened,weaekned,weakeend,weakende,weakenedd,weakenned,weakkened,weakneed,wekaened,wweakened
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weakened - 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 “weakened”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-A-K-E-N-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwiː.kənd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “weekend” - see the side-by-side comparison. weakened vs weekend
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.