welled

/wɛld/

//wɛld// verb

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"welled" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“welled” is uncommon English (frequency #67,950 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,950
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of well

Corpus desk

Index EN-welled · welled · English

welled · rank #67,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,950
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH waken

Nearest frequency peer: waken (-3 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.

Long-tail ranks near “welled”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “welled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for welled
PropertyValue
Headwordwelled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/wɛld/
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,950
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “welled” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).welledfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “waken” (#67,947), “whinging” (#67,954), “Whitelaw” (#67,955). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “welled” is #67,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

welled is uncommon English at frequency #67,950 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /wɛld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of well".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for welled, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is welled, spelled W-E-L-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of well

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "welled"?
"welled" is spelled W-E-L-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /wɛld/.
What does "welled" mean?
As a verb, "welled" means: simple past and past participle of well
How do you pronounce "welled"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "welled" is /wɛld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "welled" come from?
"welled" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "welled", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Verner#67,940unripe#67,929Yuvraj#67,977Zhuang#67,979

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list