growed-up
"growed-up" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“growed-up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grown-up; an adult.
Corpus desk
Index EN-growed-up · growed-up · English
growed-up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | growed-up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “growed-up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
growed-up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A grown-up; an adult.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for growed-up, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is growed-up, spelled G-R-O-W-E-D---U-P.
Definition
- 1A grown-up; an adult.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how growed-up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Like usual: babies acting like growed-ups; growed-ups acting like babies.
Henry didn't doubt the little boys and girls knew that this place was haunted, just like all the growed-ups did.
Synonyms
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.