maladjusted
"maladjusted" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maladjusted” is uncommon English (frequency #82,513 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,513
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjusted badly or wrongly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maladjusted · maladjusted · English
maladjusted · rank #82,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,513
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maser
Nearest frequency peer: maser (+6 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.
Long-tail ranks near “maladjusted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lutheranism
Lutheranism
17,496 corpus weight
- maladjusted
maladjusted
17,488 corpus weight
- maser
maser
17,482 corpus weight
- Masoud
Masoud
17,481 corpus weight
- Matera
Matera
17,480 corpus weight
- Maynooth
Maynooth
17,478 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “maladjusted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maladjusted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maladjusted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maladjusted is uncommon English at frequency #82,513 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for maladjusted in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mal- + adjusted. The correct English form is maladjusted, spelled M-A-L-A-D-J-U-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Adjusted badly or wrongly.
- 2Badly adjusted to the demands and stresses of daily living; unable to cope.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maladjusted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In practice, the most frequently encountered problems relate to maladjusted monitors, which affect the display of images, […]
Throughout my career as a music journalist, I've often found myself sharing the same orbit as some of the more maladjusted talents of the late 20th century, but nothing could have prepared me for the time I spent with Serge Gainsbourg, the louche, turtle-eyed genius of la chanson Française, little more than two years before his death.
Etymology
From mal- + adjusted.
This word in other languages
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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