deep-rooted
/ˈdiːp ˌɹuːtɪd/
"deep-rooted" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deep-rooted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a plant, having deep roots.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deep-rooted · deep-rooted · English
deep-rooted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deep-rooted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdiːp ˌɹuːtɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deep-rooted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deep-rooted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdiːp ˌɹuːtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for deep-rooted in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is deep-rooted, spelled D-E-E-P---R-O-O-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Of a plant, having deep roots.
- 2Of a non-living object, deeply and firmly embedded (in the ground, etc.)
- 3Firmly established in thought or behavior and difficult to change.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deep-rooted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He observed the leaves of trees there abouts more deeply green then else∣where, the Oakes broad-spreading, but not deep-rooted;
1726, Jonathan Swift (translator), “Horace, Book I, Ode XIV” in Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, London: T. Woodward and Charles Davis, 1736, Volume 5, p. 193, Poor floating Isle, tost on ill Fortune’s Waves, Ordain’d by Fate to be the Land of Slaves; Shall moving Delos now deep-rooted stand, Thou, fixt of old, be now the moving Land?
This word in other languages
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.