spiffed

adj

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

The verdict

“spiffed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Intoxicated.

Corpus desk

Index EN-spiffed · spiffed · English

spiffed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for spiffed
PropertyValue
Headwordspiffed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “spiffed” sits in English frequency

spiffed falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spiffed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

spiffed has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is spiffed, spelled S-P-I-F-F-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intoxicated.
  2. 2
    Neat, attractive, in good condition; spiffed up.
  3. 3
    Having an associated spiff for selling.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how spiffed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “He said you got a little spiffed together.” “Love that George,” she said. “I'm getting a little spiffed again.
  2. He said to me: "Ed Hickey is a little spiffed this evening, or could I be mistaken?"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spiffed"?
"spiffed" is spelled S-P-I-F-F-E-D.
What does "spiffed" mean?
As an adjective, "spiffed" means: Intoxicated.
What language does "spiffed" come from?
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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