rumpled
"rumpled" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rumpled” is uncommon English (frequency #71,867 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,867
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wrinkled or crumpled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rumpled · rumpled · English
rumpled · rank #71,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,867
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rumple
Nearest frequency peer: rumple (-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 “rumpled”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rocketry
rocketry
28,142 corpus weight
- rumple
rumple
28,135 corpus weight
- rumpled
rumpled
28,134 corpus weight
- runaround
runaround
28,133 corpus weight
- sagittal
sagittal
28,128 corpus weight
- sailfish
sailfish
28,127 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rumpled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rumpled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rumpled” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rumpled is uncommon English at frequency #71,867 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wrinkled or crumpled.".
rumpled has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is rumpled, spelled R-U-M-P-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Wrinkled or crumpled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rumpled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A demure-looking woman, in a dress rather tawdry and rumpled, here drew her veil well down and rose; but, marking every eye upon her, thought it advisable, upon the whole, to sit down again.
The rumpled octogenarian and two-time presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders] has no plans to seek the Oval Office again.
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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