bad trip
"bad-trip" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bad trip” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bad trip |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bad trip” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bad trip is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “bad trip”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-D- -T-R-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.