coquettish

adj

"coquettish" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“coquettish” is an uncommon English word, ranked #91,381 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#91,381
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.

Key facts for coquettish
PropertyValue
Headwordcoquettish
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coquettish” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). coquettish lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for coquettish is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #91,381 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for coquettish in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From coquett(e) + -ish. The correct English form is coquettish, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.

Etymology

From coquett(e) + -ish.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coquettish"?
"coquettish" is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-I-S-H.
What does "coquettish" mean?
As an adjective, "coquettish" means: Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.
What is the origin of the word "coquettish"?
From coquett(e) + -ish. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “coquettish”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-Q-U-E-T-T-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list