clean-handed
"clean-handed" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clean-handed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Innocent and candid; free from corruption.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clean-handed · clean-handed · English
clean-handed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | clean-handed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clean-handed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clean-handed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Innocent and candid; free from corruption.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clean-handed, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is clean-handed, spelled C-L-E-A-N---H-A-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Innocent and candid; free from corruption.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clean-handed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And how there was clearly no escape, no escape compatible with that clean-handed truth from which it was not possible for him to swerve.
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.