wizened
/ˈwɪzənd/
"wizened" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wizened” is uncommon English (frequency #83,907 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,907
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of wizen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wizened |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈwɪzənd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wizened” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wizened is uncommon English at frequency #83,907 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈwɪzənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of wizen".
No misspelling variants are generated for wizened in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna. The correct English form is wizened, spelled W-I-Z-E-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of wizen
Etymology
From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.
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 “wizened”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-Z-E-N-E-D - 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.