rutted
/ˈɹʌtɪd/
"rutted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rutted” is uncommon English (frequency #90,922 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,922
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of rut
Corpus desk
Index EN-rutted · rutted · English
rutted · rank #90,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,922
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rumpelstiltsk…
Nearest frequency peer: Rumpelstiltskin (-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 “rutted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rueda
rueda
9,084 corpus weight
- Rumpelstilt…
Rumpelstiltskin
9,080 corpus weight
- rutted
rutted
9,079 corpus weight
- saccharin
saccharin
9,078 corpus weight
- sadden
sadden
9,077 corpus weight
- Saguenay
Saguenay
9,075 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rutted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rutted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɹʌtɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rutted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rutted is uncommon English at frequency #90,922 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɹʌtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of rut".
rutted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rut + -ed. The correct English form is rutted, spelled R-U-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of rut
Etymology
From rut + -ed.
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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