be used to
"be-used-to" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“be used to” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | be used to |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “be used to” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for be used to is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. 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: "To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for be used to in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is be used to, spelled B-E- -U-S-E-D- -T-O.
Definition
- 1To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.
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 “be used to”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E- -U-S-E-D- -T-O - 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.