soothed

/suːðd/

//suːðd// verb

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"soothed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“soothed” is uncommon English (frequency #56,457 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,457
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of soothe

Key facts for soothed
PropertyValue
Headwordsoothed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/suːðd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,457
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “soothed” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). soothed lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soothed is uncommon English at frequency #56,457 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /suːðd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

soothed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is soothed, spelled S-O-O-T-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of soothe
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of sooth

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soothed"?
"soothed" is spelled S-O-O-T-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /suːðd/.
What does "soothed" mean?
As a verb, "soothed" means: simple past and past participle of soothe
How do you pronounce "soothed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soothed" is /suːðd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soothed" come from?
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Using “soothed”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-O-O-T-H-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /suːðd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list