debilitated
/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtəd/
"debilitated" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“debilitated” is uncommon English (frequency #73,112 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,112
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Weakened.
Corpus desk
Index EN-debilitated · debilitated · English
debilitated · rank #73,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,112
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deathless
Nearest frequency peer: deathless (-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 “debilitated”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dampier
Dampier
26,895 corpus weight
- Davin
Davin
26,892 corpus weight
- deathless
deathless
26,890 corpus weight
- debilitated
debilitated
26,889 corpus weight
- dentin
dentin
26,885 corpus weight
- despondency
despondency
26,884 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “debilitated” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debilitated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtəd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “debilitated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
debilitated is uncommon English at frequency #73,112 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for debilitated in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is debilitated, spelled D-E-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Weakened.
- 2run down, damaged, in disrepair.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how debilitated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His debilitated body, the victim of the wasting disease, could no longer support his weight.
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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