stupefied

adj

"stupefied" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stupefied” is uncommon English (frequency #80,927 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,927
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Experiencing stupefaction.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stupefied · stupefied · English

stupefied · rank #80,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,927
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH striae

Nearest frequency peer: striae (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “stupefied”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “stupefied” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stupefied
PropertyValue
Headwordstupefied
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stupefied” in English

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

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “striae” (#80,926), “subclinical” (#80,928), “suboxone” (#80,929). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stupefied” is #80,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stupefied is uncommon English at frequency #80,927 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for stupefied 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is stupefied, spelled S-T-U-P-E-F-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Experiencing stupefaction.
  2. 2
    Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "stupefied"?
"stupefied" is spelled S-T-U-P-E-F-I-E-D.
What does "stupefied" mean?
As an adjective, "stupefied" means: Experiencing stupefaction.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stupefied", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list