cankered
"cankered" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cankered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cankered · cankered · English
cankered · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cankered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cankered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cankered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cankered, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed. The correct English form is cankered, spelled C-A-N-K-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
- 2Ulcerated.
- 3Corrupted; morally corrupt.
- 4Bad-tempered.
Etymology
From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.
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.