cloistered
"cloistered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cloistered” is uncommon English (frequency #57,296 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,296
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cloistered · cloistered · English
cloistered · rank #57,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,296
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH circuitous
Nearest frequency peer: circuitous (-3 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 “cloistered”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CHON
CHON
42,711 corpus weight
- Chrysostom
Chrysostom
42,709 corpus weight
- circuitous
circuitous
42,708 corpus weight
- cloistered
cloistered
42,705 corpus weight
- commutation
commutation
42,701 corpus weight
- concoct
concoct
42,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cloistered” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloistered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cloistered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cloistered is uncommon English at frequency #57,296 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cloistered in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cloistered, spelled C-L-O-I-S-T-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- 2Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
- 3Naive, lacking in worldliness.
- 4Furnished with cloisters.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cloistered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
In cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
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); 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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