wearied
/ˈwɪɹid/
"wearied" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wearied” is uncommon English (frequency #80,109 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,109
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of weary
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wearied |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈwɪɹid/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wearied” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wearied is uncommon English at frequency #80,109 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈwɪɹid/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of weary".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wearied, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is wearied, spelled W-E-A-R-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of weary
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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Using “wearied”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-A-R-I-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪɹid/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.