deathcore
"deathcore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deathcore” is uncommon English (frequency #87,191 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,191
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An extreme fusion genre of death metal and metalcore.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deathcore · deathcore · English
deathcore · rank #87,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,191
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deathtrap
Nearest frequency peer: deathtrap (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “deathcore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dati
dati
12,815 corpus weight
- Datong
Datong
12,813 corpus weight
- deathcore
deathcore
12,810 corpus weight
- deathtrap
deathtrap
12,809 corpus weight
- decarboxyla…
decarboxylase
12,807 corpus weight
- decriminali…
decriminalisation
12,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “deathcore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deathcore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deathcore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deathcore is uncommon English at frequency #87,191 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An extreme fusion genre of death metal and metalcore.".
Zero misspellings are on record for deathcore in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From death + -core. The correct English form is deathcore, spelled D-E-A-T-H-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1An extreme fusion genre of death metal and metalcore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deathcore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Former Hidden Camera Steven Kado and artist Brian Joseph Davis channel a little John Cage filtered through deathcore music with their performance Alvin Lucifer.
Etymology
From death + -core.
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.
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