careworn
/ˈkɛːwɔːn/
"careworn" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“careworn” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | careworn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɛːwɔːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “careworn” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for careworn is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɛːwɔːn/. 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: "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.
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.
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Using “careworn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-E-W-O-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɛːwɔːn/ (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.