chicken-hearted
"chicken-hearted" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chicken-hearted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chicken-hearted · chicken-hearted · English
chicken-hearted · 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 | chicken-hearted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chicken-hearted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chicken-hearted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chicken-hearted in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted. The correct English form is chicken-hearted, spelled C-H-I-C-K-E-N---H-E-A-R-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chicken-hearted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This chicken-hearted couple, by the light of a rush-candle that burned on the hearth, seeing a stranger burst into the chamber, in such a terrible attitude, were seized with consternation […].
Etymology
From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted.
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.