fucked
/fʌkt/
"fucked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fucked” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,538 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,538
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Irreparably or catastrophically broken.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fucked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fʌkt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fucked” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fucked is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fʌkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,538 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fucked, with forms such as "fcuked", "ffucked", and "fuccked". 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 also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fucks", "fused", "fuckin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fuck + -ed. The correct English form is fucked, spelled F-U-C-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Irreparably or catastrophically broken.
- 2In trouble; in a hopeless situation.
- 3Very drunk.
- 4Clipping of fucked up (“disturbing or reprehensible”).
- 5Tired.
- 6Bothered to do something.
Etymology
From fuck + -ed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fcuked,ffucked,fuccked,fucekd,fuckde,fuckedd,fuckked,fukced,ufcked
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fucked - 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.
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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Using “fucked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-C-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fʌkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fucks” - see the side-by-side comparison. fucked vs fucks
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.