kneeled
/niːld/
"kneeled" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kneeled” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,241 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #65,241
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of kneel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kneeled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /niːld/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kneeled” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for kneeled is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /niːld/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,241 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of kneel".
Zero misspellings are on record for kneeled in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kneeled, spelled K-N-E-E-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of kneel
Synonyms
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 “kneeled”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-N-E-E-L-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /niːld/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.