used up
"used-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“used up” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | used up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “used up” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for used up is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.".
used up has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is used up, spelled U-S-E-D- -U-P.
Definition
- 1Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “used up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-S-E-D- -U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.