earnt
/ˈɜːnt/
"earnt" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“earnt” is uncommon English (frequency #81,288 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,288
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of earn
Corpus desk
Index EN-earnt · earnt · English
earnt · rank #81,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,288
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Ebrahim
Nearest frequency peer: Ebrahim (+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 “earnt”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dressmaking
dressmaking
18,718 corpus weight
- Dujardin
Dujardin
18,717 corpus weight
- dunker
dunker
18,716 corpus weight
- earnt
earnt
18,713 corpus weight
- Ebrahim
Ebrahim
18,712 corpus weight
- ecclesial
ecclesial
18,710 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “earnt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | earnt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɜːnt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “earnt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
earnt is uncommon English at frequency #81,288 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɜːnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of earn".
No misspelling variants are generated for earnt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earn + -t. The correct English form is earnt, spelled E-A-R-N-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of earn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how earnt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An exceptionally popular commercial writer can even become rich from royalties: immediately prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling was reported by The Times to have earnt some £280 million from the sale of an estimated 200 million copies of her books worldwide combined with royalties from the films based on them […
In 2006 women in the mining sector earnt an average weekly wage of $1335.40, compared to women working in the retail trade sector, who earnt an average $726.10 per week.
Etymology
From earn + -t.
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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