pummeled
"pummeled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pummeled” is uncommon English (frequency #56,994 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,994
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of pummel
Corpus desk
Index EN-pummeled · pummeled · English
pummeled · rank #56,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,994
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Qadri
Nearest frequency peer: Qadri (+2 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 “pummeled”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prefectural
prefectural
43,012 corpus weight
- Prichard
Prichard
43,011 corpus weight
- primavera
primavera
43,010 corpus weight
- pummeled
pummeled
43,007 corpus weight
- Qadri
Qadri
43,005 corpus weight
- quatre
quatre
43,004 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pummeled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pummeled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pummeled” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pummeled is uncommon English at frequency #56,994 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of pummel".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pummeled, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is pummeled, spelled P-U-M-M-E-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of pummel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pummeled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His opponent was smaller but faster, and he got pummeled.
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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