wrought

/ɹɔːt/

//ɹɔːt// adj

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"wrought" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wrought” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,390
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wrought · wrought · English

wrought · rank #16,390 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,390
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wolverine

Nearest frequency peer: wolverine (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “wrought”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “wrought” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wrought vs wright
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wrought
PropertyValue
Headwordwrought
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɹɔːt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,390
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wrought”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).wroughtlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “wolverine” (#16,389), “wiping” (#16,388), “yearbook” (#16,392). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wrought” is #16,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around wrought (IPA /ɹɔːt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,390 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having been worked or prepared somehow.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wrought, with forms such as "rwought", "worught", and "wroguht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "wright", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from… The correct English form is wrought, spelled W-R-O-U-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wrought appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Is that fence made out of wrought iron?

Etymology

The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked. Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).

Antonyms

unwrought

This word in other languages

trabajado(Español)travaillé(Français)bearbeitet(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rwought
  • worught
  • wroguht
  • wrougght
  • wroughht
  • wroughtt
  • wrougth
  • wrouhgt
  • wrrought
  • wruoght
  • wwrought

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wrought - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rwought2worught2wroguht2wrougght1wroughht1wroughtt1wrougth2wrouhgt2
Edit distance from "wrought"

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 "wrought"?
"wrought" is spelled W-R-O-U-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɔːt/.
What does "wrought" mean?
As an adjective, "wrought" means: Having been worked or prepared somehow.
What words are commonly confused with "wrought"?
"wrought" is commonly confused with "wright". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wrought"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wrought" is /ɹɔːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "wrought"?
The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to wo... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

yearbook11 variantsappraisal11 variantstrolling11 variantsAugustus11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list