troubled
/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/
"troubled" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“troubled” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,222
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anxious, worried, careworn.
Corpus desk
Index EN-troubled · troubled · English
troubled · rank #8,222 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,222
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH transgender
Nearest frequency peer: transgender (-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 “troubled”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- thriller
thriller
91,782 corpus weight
- toss
toss
91,781 corpus weight
- transgender
transgender
91,780 corpus weight
- troubled
troubled
91,779 corpus weight
- turtle
turtle
91,778 corpus weight
- ur
ur
91,777 corpus weight
What this shows “troubled” 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 | troubled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “troubled”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around troubled (IPA /ˈtɹʌbl̩d/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,222 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for troubled, with forms such as "rtoubled", "torubled", and "trobuled". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Troubles", "trouble", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is troubled, spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Anxious, worried, careworn.
- 2Afflicted by difficulties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how troubled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtoubled
- torubled
- trobuled
- troubbled
- troubeld
- troublde
- troubledd
- troublled
- troulbed
- trroubled
- truobled
- ttroubled
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of troubled - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).