betrothed
/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/
"betrothed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“betrothed” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,397
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of betroth
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betrothed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bɪˈtɹəʊðd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “betrothed” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around betrothed (IPA /bɪˈtɹəʊðd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,397 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of betroth".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for betrothed, with forms such as "bbetrothed", "bertothed", and "betorthed". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed. The correct English form is betrothed, spelled B-E-T-R-O-T-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of betroth
Etymology
From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbetrothed
- bertothed
- betorthed
- betrohted
- betrotehd
- betrothde
- betrothedd
- betrothhed
- betrotthed
- betrrothed
- betrtohed
- bettrothed
- bterothed
- ebtrothed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of betrothed - 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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Using “betrothed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-T-R-O-T-H-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɪˈtɹəʊðd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.