concussed

verb

"concussed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“concussed” is uncommon English (frequency #55,338 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,338
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-concussed · concussed · English

concussed · rank #55,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH combe

Nearest frequency peer: combe (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “concussed”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “concussed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concussed
PropertyValue
Headwordconcussed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “concussed” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).concussedfalls in this rarity band:

#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. Rare peers in the same band: “combe” (#55,337), “connexion” (#55,340), “collectivist” (#55,335). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “concussed” is #55,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concussed is uncommon English at frequency #55,338 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of concuss".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for concussed, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is concussed, spelled C-O-N-C-U-S-S-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of concuss

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how concussed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The blow concussed him.

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 "concussed"?
"concussed" is spelled C-O-N-C-U-S-S-E-D.
What does "concussed" mean?
As a verb, "concussed" means: simple past and past participle of concuss
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list