deep-grounded
"deep-grounded" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deep-grounded” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Profound.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deep-grounded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deep-grounded” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for deep-grounded is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective. 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: "Profound.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for deep-grounded, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From deep + ground + -ed. Compare German tiefgründig (“profound”), German Low German deepgrünnig (“profound”). The correct English form is deep-grounded, spelled D-E-E-P---G-R-O-U-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Profound.
Etymology
From deep + ground + -ed. Compare German tiefgründig (“profound”), German Low German deepgrünnig (“profound”).
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 “deep-grounded”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-E-P---G-R-O-U-N-D-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.