ahead of one's time
"ahead-of-one-s-time" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ahead of one's time” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ahead-of-one-s-time · ahead of one's time · English
ahead of one's time · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | ahead of one's time |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ahead of one's time” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ahead of one's time is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.".
ahead of one's time doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ahead of one's time, spelled A-H-E-A-D- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ahead of one's time appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.
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.