behallow
"behallow" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“behallow” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-behallow · behallow · English
behallow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | behallow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “behallow” in English
Rare enough to double-check
behallow is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for behallow in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From be- + hallow. The correct English form is behallow, spelled B-E-H-A-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how behallow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] bishops and servants of God — the "senatores natu majores," the elders and chiefs of the people — caused his eldest son, Egfurth, to be behallowed (which is the Saxon term used for the consecration of a bishop) as king of Mercia.
Kings are "behallowed" as well as bishops; […]
Etymology
From be- + hallow.
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.