befuddled
"befuddled" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“befuddled” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,642 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #54,642
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confused or perplexed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | befuddled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “befuddled” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for befuddled is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #54,642 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
befuddled doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is befuddled, spelled B-E-F-U-D-D-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Confused or perplexed.
- 2Drunk
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “befuddled”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-F-U-D-D-L-E-D - 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.