bruised

/bɹuːzd/

//bɹuːzd// verb

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"bruised" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bruised” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,310
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of bruise

Corpus desk

Index EN-bruised · bruised · English

bruised · rank #17,310 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,310
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH broth

Nearest frequency peer: broth (-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 “bruised”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “bruised” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bruised vs brushed
71% similar
bruised vs bruises
86% similar
bruised vs bruiser
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bruised
PropertyValue
Headwordbruised
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɹuːzd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,310
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bruised”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).bruisedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “broth” (#17,309), “buns” (#17,311), “Britney” (#17,308). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bruised” is #17,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bruised (IPA /bɹuːzd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,310 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of bruise".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bruised, with forms such as "bbruised", "briused", and "brruised". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "brushed", "bruises", "bruiser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is bruised, spelled B-R-U-I-S-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bruise

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbruised
  • briused
  • brruised
  • bruiesd
  • bruisde
  • bruisedd
  • bruissed
  • brusied
  • burised
  • rbuised

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bruised - 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.

bbruised1briused2brruised1bruiesd2bruisde2bruisedd1bruissed1brusied2
Edit distance from "bruised"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bruised"?
"bruised" is spelled B-R-U-I-S-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /bɹuːzd/.
What does "bruised" mean?
As a verb, "bruised" means: simple past and past participle of bruise
What words are commonly confused with "bruised"?
"bruised" is commonly confused with "brushed", "bruises", "bruiser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bruised"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bruised" is /bɹuːzd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bruised" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bruised", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Britney#17,308Burnley#17,312barrage#17,299Antoine#17,290

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

beauties10 variantsZionist10 variantsengages10 variantsEpstein10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list