stubbed

adj

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

The verdict

“stubbed” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,138 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#61,138
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

Key facts for stubbed
PropertyValue
Headwordstubbed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “stubbed” 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). stubbed lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for stubbed is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #61,138 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for stubbed in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is stubbed, spelled S-T-U-B-B-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
  2. 2
    Abounding in stubs; stubby.
  3. 3
    Not delicate; hardy, rugged.

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 "stubbed"?
"stubbed" is spelled S-T-U-B-B-E-D.
What does "stubbed" mean?
As an adjective, "stubbed" means: Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
What language does "stubbed" come from?
"stubbed" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “stubbed”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is S-T-U-B-B-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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