debauched

/dɪˈbɔːtʃt/

//dɪˈbɔːtʃt// adj

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

The verdict

“debauched” is uncommon English (frequency #67,353 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,353
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

Corpus desk

Index EN-debauched · debauched · English

debauched · rank #67,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,353
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dauphine

Nearest frequency peer: dauphine (-2 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 “debauched”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for debauched
PropertyValue
Headworddebauched
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/dɪˈbɔːtʃt/
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,353
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “debauched” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).debauchedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “dauphine” (#67,351), “dehydrate” (#67,355), “Dalglish” (#67,349). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “debauched” is #67,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

debauched is uncommon English at frequency #67,353 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.".

Zero misspellings are on record for debauched in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is debauched, spelled D-E-B-A-U-C-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. When a woman debauched from her youth, nay, even being the offspring of debauchery and vice, comes to give an account of all her vicious practices, and even to descend to the particular occasions and circumstances by which she ran through in threescore years, an author must be hard put to it wrap it up so clean as not to give room, especially for vicious…
  2. He was a man made for the exteremes of life; from the most debauched of men he had become the most ascetic.

Synonyms

degeneratedegradeddissipateddissolutefastlibertinelicentiousprofligateriotous

This word in other languages

degenerado(Español)débauché(Français)verderbt(Deutsch)depravado(Português)

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 "debauched"?
"debauched" is spelled D-E-B-A-U-C-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/.
What does "debauched" mean?
As an adjective, "debauched" means: Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
How do you pronounce "debauched"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debauched" is /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "debauched" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dehydrate#67,355crossbody#67,339digitizer#67,369credulous#67,336

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list