death penalty
"death-penalty" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“death penalty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
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Index EN-death-penalty · death penalty · English
death penalty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | death penalty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “death penalty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
death penalty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for death penalty, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From death + penalty. The correct English form is death penalty, spelled D-E-A-T-H- -P-E-N-A-L-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how death penalty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.
Joe Biden deserves the death penalty and Jonald Trump bad.
Etymology
From death + penalty.
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.