change of heart
"change-of-heart" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“change of heart” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | change of heart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “change of heart” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
change of heart is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for change of heart in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is change of heart, spelled C-H-A-N-G-E- -O-F- -H-E-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
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.
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Using “change of heart”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-N-G-E- -O-F- -H-E-A-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.