pried
/pɹaɪd/
"pried" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pried” is uncommon English (frequency #60,392 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,392
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of pry
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pried |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹaɪd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pried” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pried is uncommon English at frequency #60,392 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɹaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of pry".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pried, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is pried, spelled P-R-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of pry
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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Using “pried”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-I-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɹaɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.