fed up

adj

"fed-up" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fed up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fed-up · fed up · English

fed up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for fed up
PropertyValue
Headwordfed up
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fed up” in English

fed upranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fed up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fed up, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fed up, spelled F-E-D- -U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense.
  2. I am fed up watching football on TV.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fed up"?
"fed up" is spelled F-E-D- -U-P.
What does "fed up" mean?
As an adjective, "fed up" means: Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.
What language does "fed up" come from?
"fed up" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list