past participle
/ˈpæst pɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪsɪpəl/
"past-participle" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“past participle” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A participle indicating a completed action or state.
Corpus desk
Index EN-past-participle · past participle · English
past participle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | past participle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæst pɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪsɪpəl/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “past participle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
past participle is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpæst pɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪsɪpəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A participle indicating a completed action or state.".
past participle has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is past participle, spelled P-A-S-T- -P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1A participle indicating a completed action or state.
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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.