bad trip
"bad-trip" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bad trip” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bad-trip · bad trip · English
bad trip · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bad trip |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bad trip” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bad trip is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bad trip in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bad + trip, first use appears c. 1966 in the periodical Life. The correct English form is bad trip, spelled B-A-D- -T-R-I-P.
Definition
- 1An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
Etymology
From bad + trip, first use appears c. 1966 in the periodical Life.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.