child abuse
/ˈtʃaɪldəbjuːs/
"child-abuse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“child abuse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-child-abuse · child abuse · English
child abuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | child abuse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃaɪldəbjuːs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “child abuse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
child abuse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃaɪldəbjuːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage.".
child abuse has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is child abuse, spelled C-H-I-L-D- -A-B-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage.
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.