chickenshit
"chickenshit" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chickenshit” is uncommon English (frequency #74,827 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,827
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-chickenshit · chickenshit · English
chickenshit · rank #74,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,827
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cherubim
Nearest frequency peer: cherubim (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “chickenshit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cheapness
cheapness
25,178 corpus weight
- chemotherap…
chemotherapeutic
25,177 corpus weight
- cherubim
cherubim
25,176 corpus weight
- chickenshit
chickenshit
25,174 corpus weight
- chimeric
chimeric
25,172 corpus weight
- chiselled
chiselled
25,171 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chickenshit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chickenshit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chickenshit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chickenshit is uncommon English at frequency #74,827 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chickenshit, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chicken + shit. The correct English form is chickenshit, spelled C-H-I-C-K-E-N-S-H-I-T.
Definition
- 1Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
- 2Cowardly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chickenshit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.
"How chickenshit do you have to be to go after an old man in a wheelchair?"
Etymology
From chicken + shit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).