death threat
/ˈdɛθ θɹɛt/
"death-threat" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“death threat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - A threat to kill another person or a group of people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-death-threat · death threat · English
death threat · 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 "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 threat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɛθ θɹɛt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “death threat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
death threat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɛθ θɹɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A threat to kill another person or a group of people.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for death threat, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is death threat, spelled D-E-A-T-H- -T-H-R-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1A threat to kill another person or a group of people.
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.