leafed

/liːft/

//liːft// verb

"leafed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“leafed” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,585 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#67,585
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of leaf

Key facts for leafed
PropertyValue
Headwordleafed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/liːft/
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,585
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leafed” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). leafed lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for leafed is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /liːft/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,585 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 leaf".

Zero misspellings are on record for leafed in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is leafed, spelled L-E-A-F-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of leaf

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 "leafed"?
"leafed" is spelled L-E-A-F-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /liːft/.
What does "leafed" mean?
As a verb, "leafed" means: simple past and past participle of leaf
How do you pronounce "leafed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leafed" is /liːft/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leafed" come from?
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Using “leafed”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-E-A-F-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /liːft/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list