terrified
/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/
"terrified" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“terrified” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,859
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremely frightened.
Corpus desk
Index EN-terrified · terrified · English
terrified · rank #7,859 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,859
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH terrain
Nearest frequency peer: terrain (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “terrified”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- swap
swap
92,145 corpus weight
- swept
swept
92,144 corpus weight
- terrain
terrain
92,143 corpus weight
- terrified
terrified
92,142 corpus weight
- themed
themed
92,141 corpus weight
- threaten
threaten
92,140 corpus weight
What this shows “terrified” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terrified |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “terrified”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around terrified (IPA /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,859 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Extremely frightened.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrified, with forms such as "etrrified", "terified", and "terirfied". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "terrific", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is terrified, spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Extremely frightened.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how terrified appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Remi is terrified of spiders.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrrified
- terified
- terirfied
- terrfiied
- terrifeid
- terriffied
- terrifide
- terrifiedd
- terriifed
- trerified
- tterrified
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrified - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "terrified", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).