grunted
/ˈɡɹʌntɪd/
"grunted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grunted” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,270 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #68,270
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of grunt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grunted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹʌntɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grunted” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for grunted is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɹʌntɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,270 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of grunt".
Zero misspellings are on record for grunted 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is grunted, spelled G-R-U-N-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of grunt
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 “grunted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-U-N-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɹʌntɪd/ (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.