embittered

adj

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"embittered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“embittered” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,037
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deeply hostile, resentful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-embittered · embittered · English

embittered · rank #47,037 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,037
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH Enugu

Nearest frequency peer: Enugu (+4 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “embittered”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “embittered” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embittered
PropertyValue
Headwordembittered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,037
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “embittered”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).embitteredlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Enugu” (#47,041), “DWP” (#47,031), “esse” (#47,043). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “embittered” is #47,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around embittered, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,037 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deeply hostile, resentful.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for embittered, with forms such as "ebmittered", "embbittered", and "embitered". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 embittered, spelled E-M-B-I-T-T-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deeply hostile, resentful.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how embittered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. an embittered enemy
  2. […] they were opposed to it on grounds that were at once legal, political, historical, personal, geographical, and mixed; the whole combination of causes operating of necessity to make the opposition an embittered one.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ebmittered
  • embbittered
  • embitered
  • embitetred
  • embitteerd
  • embitterde
  • embitteredd
  • embitterred
  • embittreed
  • embtitered
  • emibttered
  • emmbittered
  • mebittered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embittered - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ebmittered2embbittered1embitered1embitetred2embitteerd2embitterde2embitteredd1embitterred1
Edit distance from "embittered"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embittered"?
"embittered" is spelled E-M-B-I-T-T-E-R-E-D.
What does "embittered" mean?
As an adjective, "embittered" means: Deeply hostile, resentful.
What are common misspellings of "embittered"?
Common misspellings include "ebmittered", "embbittered", "embitered", "embitetred", "embitteerd". The correct spelling is "embittered".
What language does "embittered" come from?
"embittered" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embittered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list