humbled
"humbled" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“humbled” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,669
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-humbled · humbled · English
humbled · rank #20,669 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,669
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH howling
Nearest frequency peer: howling (-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 “humbled”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- homie
homie
79,336 corpus weight
- hover
hover
79,334 corpus weight
- howling
howling
79,333 corpus weight
- humbled
humbled
79,332 corpus weight
- Icelandic
Icelandic
79,331 corpus weight
- infidelity
infidelity
79,329 corpus weight
What this shows “humbled” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humbled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “humbled”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around humbled, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,669 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for humbled, with forms such as "hhumbled", "hmubled", and "hubmled". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "humbly", "hurled", "humble", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is humbled, spelled H-U-M-B-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1(usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.
- 2Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how humbled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
JJ: Are you humbled by such positive reactions from such a wide spectrum of people, from George A Romero to Harry Knowles? SP: Absolutely. Yeah, it's wonderful. ... We're very humbled and very pleased.
We are humbled by the responsibility the American people have placed with us, but this is not a time for celebration.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumbled
- hmubled
- hubmled
- humbbled
- humbeld
- humblde
- humbledd
- humblled
- humlbed
- hummbled
- uhmbled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humbled - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).