egged
/ɛɡd/
"egged" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“egged” is uncommon English (frequency #53,514 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,514
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Containing or bearing eggs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | egged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛɡd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “egged” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
egged is uncommon English at frequency #53,514 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛɡd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Containing or bearing eggs.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for egged, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is egged, spelled E-G-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1Containing or bearing eggs.
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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Using “egged”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-G-G-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɛɡd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.