adultlike
"adultlike" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adultlike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of an adult
Corpus desk
Index EN-adultlike · adultlike · English
adultlike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | adultlike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adultlike” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adultlike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling or characteristic of an adult".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adultlike, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From adult + -like. The correct English form is adultlike, spelled A-D-U-L-T-L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of an adult
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adultlike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I wanted to do something adultlike.
Etymology
From adult + -like.
Antonyms
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.