proofed
/pɹuːft/
"proofed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proofed” is uncommon English (frequency #58,947 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,947
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of proof
Corpus desk
Index EN-proofed · proofed · English
proofed · rank #58,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,947
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH promulgation
Nearest frequency peer: promulgation (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “proofed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- presidium
presidium
41,057 corpus weight
- promulgation
promulgation
41,055 corpus weight
- proofed
proofed
41,054 corpus weight
- Pru
Pru
41,053 corpus weight
- Punic
Punic
41,052 corpus weight
- Purnell
Purnell
41,051 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “proofed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proofed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹuːft/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “proofed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
proofed is uncommon English at frequency #58,947 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɹuːft/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of proof".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for proofed, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is proofed, spelled P-R-O-O-F-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of proof
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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