shrivelled
"shrivelled" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shrivelled” is uncommon English (frequency #86,751 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,751
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shrivelled · shrivelled · English
shrivelled · rank #86,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,751
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sibi
Nearest frequency peer: Sibi (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shrivelled”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Shazia
Shazia
13,257 corpus weight
- sheldrake
sheldrake
13,255 corpus weight
- shrivelled
shrivelled
13,250 corpus weight
- Sibi
Sibi
13,249 corpus weight
- Siddique
Siddique
13,248 corpus weight
- siggy
siggy
13,246 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shrivelled” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shrivelled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shrivelled” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shrivelled is uncommon English at frequency #86,751 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for shrivelled in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Equivalent to shrivel + -ed. The correct English form is shrivelled, spelled S-H-R-I-V-E-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
- 2Collapsed in size.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shrivelled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A prune is a shrivelled plum.
All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.
Etymology
Equivalent to shrivel + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.