# rooted

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹuːtɪd/ · frequency rank #9,395

## Definitions
1. Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
2. Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
3. Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
4. Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
5. Having a root.
6. In trouble or in strife, screwed.
7. Broken, damaged, non-functional.
8. Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.

## Easily confused with
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-rote)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-route)
- **roots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-roots)
- **rowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-rowed)
- **routes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-routes)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-roster)
- **rotten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-rotten)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-router)
- **routed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-routed)
- **roused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-roused)
- **rotated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooted-vs-rotated)
- **root** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/root-vs-rooted)
- **rood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rood-vs-rooted)
- **rated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rated-vs-rooted)
- **rolled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rolled-vs-rooted)
- **rented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rented-vs-rooted)
- **robbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbed-vs-rooted)
- **Rooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rooney-vs-rooted)
- **rested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rested-vs-rooted)
- **roared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roared-vs-rooted)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oroted`, `rooetd`, `rootde`, `rootedd`, `rootted`, `roted`, `rotoed`, `rrooted`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rooted