baby-faced
/ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/
"baby-faced" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baby-faced” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baby-faced · baby-faced · English
baby-faced · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | baby-faced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “baby-faced” in English
Rare enough to double-check
baby-faced is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baby-faced, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is baby-faced, spelled B-A-B-Y---F-A-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how baby-faced appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Michelle was of the opinion that all the best con artists were baby-faced, since that inspires trust in others.
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.