fazed
/ˈfeɪzd/
"fazed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fazed” is uncommon English (frequency #69,848 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,848
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fazed · fazed · English
fazed · rank #69,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,848
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fasciitis
Nearest frequency peer: fasciitis (-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 “fazed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fasciitis
fasciitis
30,154 corpus weight
- fazed
fazed
30,153 corpus weight
- Fenech
Fenech
30,151 corpus weight
- figo
figo
30,149 corpus weight
- fingerboard
fingerboard
30,148 corpus weight
- flab
flab
30,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fazed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fazed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfeɪzd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fazed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fazed is uncommon English at frequency #69,848 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfeɪzd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fazed in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From faze + -ed. The correct English form is fazed, spelled F-A-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fazed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How can you wake up with someone you don't love And not feel slightly fazed by it?
Etymology
From faze + -ed.
Antonyms
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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