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enthused

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "enthused", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "enthused" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "enthused" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

enthused is anEnglishadj. It means: Enthusiastic. Often confused with entrusted.

Key facts for enthused
PropertyValue
Headwordenthused
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdj
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,761
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enthused in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for enthused is 8 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #44,761 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enthusiastic.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for enthused, with forms such as "enhtused", "ennthused", and "enthhused". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "entrusted", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is enthused, spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-E-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enthusiastic.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enhtused,ennthused,enthhused,enthsued,enthuesd,enthusde,enthusedd,enthussed,entthused,entuhsed,etnhused,nethused

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enthused

Misspelling Variants of "enthused"

enhtused8ennthused9enthhused9enthsued8enthuesd8enthusde8enthusedd9enthussed9
Misspelling Variants of "enthused"

Frequency rank: #44,761 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enthused"?
"enthused" is spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-E-D.
What does "enthused" mean?
As an adj, "enthused" means: Enthusiastic.
What words are commonly confused with "enthused"?
"enthused" is commonly confused with "entrusted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "enthused" come from?
"enthused" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.