cold-blooded
/ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/
"cold-blooded" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cold-blooded” 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) - Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cold-blooded · cold-blooded · English
cold-blooded · 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 | cold-blooded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cold-blooded” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cold-blooded is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cold-blooded has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cold blood + -ed. The correct English form is cold-blooded, spelled C-O-L-D---B-L-O-O-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
- 2Lacking emotion or compunction.
- 3Of a type of horse: tall and muscular, usually good-natured and suitable for heavy work.
- 4Of an engine or vehicle: difficult to start; runs poorly until warmed up.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cold-blooded appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Dead animals radiate heat,” he said. “When you take one down, you can feel it pouring from the wounds. But not this thing.” / “What does that mean?” she asked. / “Cold-blooded maybe, or colder-blooded than we’re used to.” / “Might explain why the heat sensors have trouble picking them up,” Danielle said.
Here were aſſembled that great philoſopher Mr. Subtile, the coldeſt-blooded metaphyſician of the age.
Etymology
From cold blood + -ed.
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.