coltish
"coltish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coltish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling a colt, especially:
Corpus desk
Index EN-coltish · coltish · English
coltish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | coltish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coltish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coltish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coltish, 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English coltyssh. By surface analysis, colt + -ish. The correct English form is coltish, spelled C-O-L-T-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Resembling a colt, especially:
- 2Resembling a colt, especially:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coltish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Commeth he in the morning to do his dutie and bid thee good morrow, belching sowre and smelling strongly of wine, which the day before he drunke at the taverne with companions like himselfe? seeme to know nothing. Senteth he of sweete perfumes and costly pomanders? Hold thy peace and say nothing. These are the means to tame and breake a wilde and coltish…
Plants rais’d with tenderness are seldom strong, Man’s coltish disposition asks the thong [i.e. whip], And without discipline the fav’rite child, Like a neglected forrester runs wild.
Etymology
From Middle English coltyssh. By surface analysis, colt + -ish.
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.