mushroomed
/ˈmʌʃ.ɹuːmd/
"mushroomed" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mushroomed” is uncommon English (frequency #88,631 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,631
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of mushroom
Corpus desk
Index EN-mushroomed · mushroomed · English
mushroomed · rank #88,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,631
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Munda
Nearest frequency peer: Munda (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mushroomed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- moonless
moonless
11,378 corpus weight
- mortgagee
mortgagee
11,377 corpus weight
- muang
muang
11,373 corpus weight
- Munda
Munda
11,371 corpus weight
- mushroomed
mushroomed
11,370 corpus weight
- Muzak
Muzak
11,368 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mushroomed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mushroomed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈmʌʃ.ɹuːmd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mushroomed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mushroomed is uncommon English at frequency #88,631 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈmʌʃ.ɹuːmd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of mushroom".
mushroomed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 mushroomed, spelled M-U-S-H-R-O-O-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of mushroom
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.