indebt
"indebt" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indebt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To bring into debt; to place under obligation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-indebt · indebt · English
indebt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indebt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “indebt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
indebt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To bring into debt; to place under obligation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for indebt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English endetten, Old French endetter, from en- + detter, from dette (“debt”), by surface analysis, in- + debt. See debt. The correct English form is indebt, spelled I-N-D-E-B-T.
Definition
- 1To bring into debt; to place under obligation.
Etymology
From Middle English endetten, Old French endetter, from en- + detter, from dette (“debt”), by surface analysis, in- + debt. See debt.
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.