bone-tired
"bone-tired" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bone-tired” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bone-tired |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bone-tired” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bone-tired is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bone-tired, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is bone-tired, spelled B-O-N-E---T-I-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.
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.
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Using “bone-tired”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-O-N-E---T-I-R-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.