maggoted

adj

"maggoted" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“maggoted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affected (partially eaten) by maggots.

Corpus desk

Index EN-maggoted · maggoted · English

maggoted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for maggoted
PropertyValue
Headwordmaggoted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “maggoted” in English

maggotedsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maggoted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

maggoted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From maggot + -ed. The correct English form is maggoted, spelled M-A-G-G-O-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affected (partially eaten) by maggots.
  2. 2
    Rotten.
  3. 3
    Drunk; intoxicated.

Etymology

From maggot + -ed.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maggoted"?
"maggoted" is spelled M-A-G-G-O-T-E-D.
What does "maggoted" mean?
As an adjective, "maggoted" means: Affected (partially eaten) by maggots.
What is the origin of the word "maggoted"?
From maggot + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list