babyish
/ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/
"babyish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“babyish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
Corpus desk
Index EN-babyish · babyish · English
babyish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | babyish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “babyish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
babyish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish".
No generated misspelling entries exist for babyish in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From baby + -ish. The correct English form is babyish, spelled B-A-B-Y-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babyish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
Clothes like these are too babyish for a child his age.
Etymology
From baby + -ish.
This word in other languages
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.