chicken-heartedness
"chicken-heartedness" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chicken-heartedness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicken-heartedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chicken-heartedness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chicken-heartedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chicken-heartedness, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chicken-hearted + -ness. The correct English form is chicken-heartedness, spelled C-H-I-C-K-E-N---H-E-A-R-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.
Etymology
From chicken-hearted + -ness.
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 “chicken-heartedness”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-C-K-E-N---H-E-A-R-T-E-D-N-E-S-S - 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.