fussed
/fʌst/
"fussed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fussed” is uncommon English (frequency #50,525 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,525
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of fuss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fussed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fʌst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fussed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fussed is uncommon English at frequency #50,525 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fʌst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of fuss".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fussed in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is fussed, spelled F-U-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of fuss
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 “fussed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-S-S-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fʌst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.