sorrow-ridden
"sorrow-ridden" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sorrow-ridden” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filled with sorrow or sorrows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sorrow-ridden · sorrow-ridden · English
sorrow-ridden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sorrow-ridden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sorrow-ridden” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sorrow-ridden is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Filled with sorrow or sorrows.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sorrow-ridden, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sorrow + ridden. The correct English form is sorrow-ridden, spelled S-O-R-R-O-W---R-I-D-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Filled with sorrow or sorrows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorrow-ridden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Miss Terry is as unconvincing as the least known member of her company. She is Kniertje, a fisherman’s widow, one who has already dearly paid the sea, but she does not for one brief instant suggest the sorrow-ridden fisherman’s widow; she appears to be only acting the part.
Huddled in the stern of the boat she sat with her baby strained close to her bosom, and because of that little, tender, helpless thing she was happier tonight than she had been for many a sorrow-ridden day.
Etymology
From sorrow + ridden.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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