hazed
"hazed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hazed” is an uncommon English word, ranked #88,414 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #88,414
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Affected by haze; hazy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hazed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hazed” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for hazed is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #88,414 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hazed in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is hazed, spelled H-A-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Affected by haze; hazy.
- 2Clouded, especially due to accidental exposure to light.
- 3Drunk.
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 “hazed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-Z-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.