egged
/ɛɡd/
"egged" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“egged” is uncommon English (frequency #53,514 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,514
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing or bearing eggs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-egged · egged · English
egged · rank #53,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,514
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastleigh
Nearest frequency peer: Eastleigh (-2 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 “egged”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- EAP
EAP
46,491 corpus weight
- earphone
earphone
46,490 corpus weight
- Eastleigh
Eastleigh
46,489 corpus weight
- egged
egged
46,487 corpus weight
- embarkation
embarkation
46,485 corpus weight
- encroach
encroach
46,482 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “egged” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “egged” in English
Rare enough to double-check
egged is uncommon English at frequency #53,514 among 2,246 “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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