bedaft
"bedaft" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bedaft” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stupid; foolish; dim-witted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bedaft · bedaft · English
bedaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | bedaft |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bedaft” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bedaft is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stupid; foolish; dim-witted.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bedaft, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bedaff (“to befool, make a fool of”) + -t (past tense ending). The correct English form is bedaft, spelled B-E-D-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Stupid; foolish; dim-witted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bedaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then are you blind, dull-witted, and bedaft.
Etymology
From bedaff (“to befool, make a fool of”) + -t (past tense ending).
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.