bemused
/bɪˈmjuːzd/
"bemused" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bemused” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,213
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of bemuse
Corpus desk
Index EN-bemused · bemused · English
bemused · rank #49,213 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,213
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Beloit
Nearest frequency peer: Beloit (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “bemused”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- begum
begum
50,792 corpus weight
- belfry
belfry
50,790 corpus weight
- Beloit
Beloit
50,789 corpus weight
- bemused
bemused
50,788 corpus weight
- Berkowitz
Berkowitz
50,786 corpus weight
- bhagat
bhagat
50,783 corpus weight
What this shows “bemused” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bemused |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bɪˈmjuːzd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bemused”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around bemused (IPA /bɪˈmjuːzd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,213 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of bemuse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bemused, with forms such as "bbemused", "bemmused", and "bemsued". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is bemused, spelled B-E-M-U-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of bemuse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbemused
- bemmused
- bemsued
- bemuesd
- bemusde
- bemusedd
- bemussed
- beumsed
- bmeused
- ebmused
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bemused - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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