horrified

adj

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

The verdict

“horrified” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,492
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Struck with horror.

Corpus desk

Index EN-horrified · horrified · English

horrified · rank #16,492 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,492
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH horrendous

Nearest frequency peer: horrendous (-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 “horrified”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “horrified” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

horrified vs horrific
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for horrified
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrified
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,492
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “horrified”

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).horrifiedlands 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 “horrendous” (#16,491), “hostel” (#16,493), “hopping” (#16,490). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “horrified” is #16,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around horrified, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,492 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Struck with horror.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for horrified, with forms such as "hhorrified", "horified", and "horirfied". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "horrific", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is horrified, spelled H-O-R-R-I-F-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Struck with horror.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhorrified
  • horified
  • horirfied
  • horrfiied
  • horrifeid
  • horriffied
  • horrifide
  • horrifiedd
  • horriifed
  • hrorified
  • ohrrified

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horrified - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhorrified1horified1horirfied2horrfiied2horrifeid2horriffied1horrifide2horrifiedd1
Edit distance from "horrified"

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 "horrified"?
"horrified" is spelled H-O-R-R-I-F-I-E-D.
What does "horrified" mean?
As an adjective, "horrified" means: Struck with horror.
What words are commonly confused with "horrified"?
"horrified" is commonly confused with "horrific". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "horrified" come from?
"horrified" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harassing#16,485fortified#16,474lingering#16,515exporting#16,466

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

insomnia11 variantsIsraelis11 variantsFrançois11 variantsflaming11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list