eightfold
"eightfold" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eightfold” is uncommon English (frequency #76,747 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,747
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eightfold · eightfold · English
eightfold · rank #76,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,747
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH elden
Nearest frequency peer: elden (+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 “eightfold”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Eastham
Eastham
23,260 corpus weight
- ecce
ecce
23,258 corpus weight
- eightfold
eightfold
23,254 corpus weight
- elden
elden
23,253 corpus weight
- emanation
emanation
23,251 corpus weight
- embryogenes…
embryogenesis
23,249 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eightfold” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eightfold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eightfold” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eightfold is uncommon English at frequency #76,747 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for eightfold in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold. The correct English form is eightfold, spelled E-I-G-H-T-F-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
- 2Containing eight parts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eightfold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213, The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families.
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.
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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