willed

adj

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"willed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“willed” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,058
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a document specifying inheritance.

Corpus desk

Index EN-willed · willed · English

willed · rank #24,058 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,058
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH widowed

Nearest frequency peer: widowed (-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 “willed”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “willed” 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).

willed vs wiped
67% similar
willed vs wired
67% similar
willed vs Wills
50% similar

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

Key facts for willed
PropertyValue
Headwordwilled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,058
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “willed”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).willedlands 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 “widowed” (#24,057), “Woolf” (#24,059), “wholeheartedly” (#24,055). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “willed” is #24,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around willed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,058 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for willed, with forms such as "iwlled", "wileld", and "willedd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wiped", "wired", "Wills", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From will (noun) + -ed. The correct English form is willed, spelled W-I-L-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having a document specifying inheritance.
  2. 2
    Having a will (of a specified kind).
  3. 3
    Brought under the will of another person.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The free-willed subject here is the subject formation enacted by the party who is going to be visited with a fortunate (or unfortunate) legal consequence.

Etymology

From will (noun) + -ed.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwlled
  • wileld
  • willedd
  • wliled
  • wwilled

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of willed - 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.

iwlled2wileld2willedd1wliled2wwilled1
Edit distance from "willed"

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 "willed"?
"willed" is spelled W-I-L-L-E-D.
What does "willed" mean?
As an adjective, "willed" means: Having a document specifying inheritance.
What words are commonly confused with "willed"?
"willed" is commonly confused with "wiped", "wired", "Wills". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "willed"?
From will (noun) + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zenith#24,067Zimmer#24,068unites#24,046abuser#24,072

Similar misspelling depth

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

Zane5 variantsBern5 variantsrife5 variantsRana5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list