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 September 3, 2026) - A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
Corpus desk
Index EN-change-of-heart · change of heart · English
change of heart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | change of heart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “change of heart” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how change of heart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He quit work on Friday, but on Monday he had a change of heart and decided to come back.
We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row / We could stay inside and play games, I don't know / And you could have a change of heart
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.