heartbroken

adj

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"heartbroken" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“heartbroken” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,930
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

Corpus desk

Index EN-heartbroken · heartbroken · English

heartbroken · rank #16,930 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,930
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hannibal

Nearest frequency peer: Hannibal (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “heartbroken”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “heartbroken” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heartbroken
PropertyValue
Headwordheartbroken
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,930
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “heartbroken”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).heartbrokenlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Hannibal” (#16,929), “heats” (#16,931), “Goodwin” (#16,928). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “heartbroken” is #16,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around heartbroken, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,930 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for heartbroken, with forms such as "ehartbroken", "haertbroken", and "hearbtroken". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From heart + broken. The correct English form is heartbroken, spelled H-E-A-R-T-B-R-O-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. When he told me he didn't want to see me anymore, I was heartbroken.

Etymology

From heart + broken.

This word in other languages

untröstlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehartbroken
  • haertbroken
  • hearbtroken
  • hearrtbroken
  • heartbbroken
  • heartborken
  • heartbrkoen
  • heartbroekn
  • heartbrokenn
  • heartbrokken
  • heartbrokne
  • heartbrroken
  • heartrboken
  • hearttbroken
  • heatrbroken
  • heratbroken
  • hheartbroken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heartbroken - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehartbroken2haertbroken2hearbtroken2hearrtbroken1heartbbroken1heartborken2heartbrkoen2heartbroekn2
Edit distance from "heartbroken"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heartbroken"?
"heartbroken" is spelled H-E-A-R-T-B-R-O-K-E-N.
What does "heartbroken" mean?
As an adjective, "heartbroken" means: Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
What are common misspellings of "heartbroken"?
Common misspellings include "ehartbroken", "haertbroken", "hearbtroken", "hearrtbroken", "heartbbroken". The correct spelling is "heartbroken".
What is the origin of the word "heartbroken"?
From heart + broken. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heartbroken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list