careworn
/ˈkɛːwɔːn/
"careworn" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“careworn” 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) - Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-careworn · careworn · English
careworn · 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 | careworn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɛːwɔːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “careworn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
careworn is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɛːwɔːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.".
careworn has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn. The correct English form is careworn, spelled C-A-R-E-W-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how careworn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The weeks of working hard to look after his sick family left him looking careworn.
At length the long-expected knock was heard. She hurried to the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was care-worn and depressed, though he was young. There was a remarkable expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress.
Etymology
From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn.
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.