empty as the tomb on Easter

adj

"empty-as-the-tomb-on-easter" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“empty as the tomb on Easter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely empty.

Corpus desk

Index EN-empty-as-the-tomb-on-eas · empty as the tomb on Easter · English

empty as the tomb on Easter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 27 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for empty as the tomb on Easter
PropertyValue
Headwordempty as the tomb on Easter
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “empty as the tomb on Easter” in English

empty as the tomb on Easterranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empty as the tomb on Easter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Completely empty.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for empty as the tomb on Easter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 the Christian belief in the Resurrection: the tomb of Jesus (the Holy Sepulchre) was found to be empty. The correct English form is empty as the tomb on Easter, spelled E-M-P-T-Y- -A-S- -T-H-E- -T-O-M-B- -O-N- -E-A-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Completely empty.

Etymology

From the Christian belief in the Resurrection: the tomb of Jesus (the Holy Sepulchre) was found to be empty.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empty as the tomb on Easter"?
"empty as the tomb on Easter" is spelled E-M-P-T-Y- -A-S- -T-H-E- -T-O-M-B- -O-N- -E-A-S-T-E-R.
What does "empty as the tomb on Easter" mean?
As an adjective, "empty as the tomb on Easter" means: Completely empty.
What is the origin of the word "empty as the tomb on Easter"?
From the Christian belief in the Resurrection: the tomb of Jesus (the Holy Sepulchre) was found to be empty. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list