debased
"debased" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“debased” is uncommon English (frequency #60,749 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,749
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brought low; degraded.
Corpus desk
Index EN-debased · debased · English
debased · rank #60,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,749
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dearer
Nearest frequency peer: dearer (-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 “debased”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dawood
Dawood
39,254 corpus weight
- dearer
dearer
39,253 corpus weight
- debased
debased
39,252 corpus weight
- deferential
deferential
39,251 corpus weight
- defray
defray
39,250 corpus weight
- deliverer
deliverer
39,249 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “debased” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debased |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “debased” in English
Rare enough to double-check
debased is uncommon English at frequency #60,749 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for debased in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is debased, spelled D-E-B-A-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Brought low; degraded.
- 2Abased, abaissé: (of a charge) borne lower than usual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how debased appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
8), Azure, a thistle ensigned with an Imperial Crown, all proper; and its use is pretty frequent in the somewhat debased heraldry of the close of the last century and the beginning of the present.
58,) and also a new crest, viz. upon a wreath argent and vert, a demi-dragon erased gules P, gorged about the loins with a ducal coronet ... 59,) are an admirable specimen of the complex and debased heraldry of the day. 1515.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).