bedrunken

adj

"bedrunken" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bedrunken” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drunken, drunk.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bedrunken · bedrunken · English

bedrunken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for bedrunken
PropertyValue
Headwordbedrunken
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bedrunken” in English

bedrunkenranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bedrunken is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drunken, drunk.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bedrunken 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Past participle of bedrink The correct English form is bedrunken, spelled B-E-D-R-U-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    drunken, drunk.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Full oft have they boasted with beer well bedrunken
  2. A little bedrunken, we delved into the analysis of what it felt like to talk to my old boyfiend, now a candidate for governor.

Etymology

Past participle of bedrink

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bedrunken"?
"bedrunken" is spelled B-E-D-R-U-N-K-E-N.
What does "bedrunken" mean?
As an adjective, "bedrunken" means: drunken, drunk.
What is the origin of the word "bedrunken"?
Past participle of bedrink See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list