trodden
/ˈtɹɒ.dən/
"trodden" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trodden” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,713
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - crushed by being walked on.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trodden · trodden · English
trodden · rank #45,713 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,713
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Trask
Nearest frequency peer: Trask (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “trodden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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54,292 corpus weight
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54,291 corpus weight
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54,290 corpus weight
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54,289 corpus weight
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54,288 corpus weight
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Tsang
54,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trodden” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trodden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɒ.dən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trodden” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around trodden (IPA /ˈtɹɒ.dən/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,713 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "crushed by being walked on.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trodden, with forms such as "rtodden", "tordden", and "trdoden". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is trodden, spelled T-R-O-D-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1crushed by being walked on.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtodden
- tordden
- trdoden
- troddenn
- troddne
- trodedn
- troden
- trrodden
- ttrodden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trodden - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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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.