bad-tempered
"bad-tempered" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bad-tempered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bad-tempered · bad-tempered · English
bad-tempered · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | bad-tempered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bad-tempered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bad-tempered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.".
bad-tempered doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is bad-tempered, spelled B-A-D---T-E-M-P-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bad-tempered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His bad-tempered outburst caught his friends by surprise.
Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.
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.