hagridden

adj

"hagridden" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hagridden” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hagridden · hagridden · English

hagridden · 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 "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for hagridden
PropertyValue
Headwordhagridden
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hagridden” in English

hagriddensits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

hagridden is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for hagridden in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From hag + ridden. The correct English form is hagridden, spelled H-A-G-R-I-D-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits.
  2. 2
    Tormented, harassed or worried.
  3. 3
    Overburdened by fear or dread.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Two months afterwards he was reported fit for duty, but, in spite of the fact that he was urgently needed to help an undermanned Commission stagger through a deficit, he preferred to die; vowing at the last that he was hag-ridden.
  2. So Sir Walter Scott, hag-ridden by debt, if he finished a novel in the morning began another in the afternoon, because, as he explained, it was less difficult to keep the machine running than to start it again after a rest.

Etymology

From hag + ridden.

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 "hagridden"?
"hagridden" is spelled H-A-G-R-I-D-D-E-N.
What does "hagridden" mean?
As an adjective, "hagridden" means: Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits.
What is the origin of the word "hagridden"?
From hag + ridden. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list