be still my heart
"be-still-my-heart" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“be still my heart” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-be-still-my-heart · be still my heart · English
be still my heart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | be still my heart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “be still my heart” in English
Rare enough to double-check
be still my heart is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for be still my heart in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is be still my heart, spelled B-E- -S-T-I-L-L- -M-Y- -H-E-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how be still my heart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How strange, how hellish (God forgive me for saying so!) it seems that she should love him. But, does she love him? Can she love him? Could she love him if she knew all? Know him she shall before she marries him. For the present, be still, my heart.
Roll tape! Action! "I can't feel a pulse!" shouts Ms. Brunette Beauty, RN. "Call a code!" commands Blue-Eyed Hunk, MD. . . . He's talking to me. Be still my heart.
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.