well liked
"well-liked" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“well liked” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liked by many people, popular
Corpus desk
Index EN-well-liked · well liked · English
well liked · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | well liked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “well liked” in English
Rare enough to double-check
well liked is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liked by many people, popular".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for well liked, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is well liked, spelled W-E-L-L- -L-I-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Liked by many people, popular
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how well liked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Doctor told him with a good deal of modesty, that he had read it, and that as far as he had observed it was very well liked at London.
she placed five of those most frequently named, therefore those regarded most highly, and five of those least liked, in a line in front of the class, placing always a well liked child next to one that was not liked.
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.