widowed

adj

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"widowed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“widowed” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,057
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Corpus desk

Index EN-widowed · widowed · English

widowed · rank #24,057 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,057
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH willed

Nearest frequency peer: willed (+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 “widowed”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “widowed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

widowed vs widower
86% similar
widowed vs widow
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for widowed
PropertyValue
Headwordwidowed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,057
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “widowed”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).widowedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “willed” (#24,058), “wholeheartedly” (#24,055), “Woolf” (#24,059). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “widowed” is #24,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around widowed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,057 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for widowed, with forms such as "iwdowed", "wdiowed", and "widdowed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "widower", "widow", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is widowed, spelled W-I-D-O-W-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how widowed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.

This word in other languages

viudo(Español)veuf(Français)verwitwet(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwdowed
  • wdiowed
  • widdowed
  • widoewd
  • widowde
  • widowedd
  • widowwed
  • widwoed
  • wiodwed
  • wwidowed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of widowed - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iwdowed2wdiowed2widdowed1widoewd2widowde2widowedd1widowwed1widwoed2
Edit distance from "widowed"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "widowed"?
"widowed" is spelled W-I-D-O-W-E-D.
What does "widowed" mean?
As an adjective, "widowed" means: Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
What words are commonly confused with "widowed"?
"widowed" is commonly confused with "widower", "widow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "widowed" come from?
"widowed" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "widowed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

warship#24,053Walcott#24,052utopian#24,050accrued#24,074

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

thrash10 variantstapered10 variantsCastillo10 variantsshutout10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list