even-tempered
"even-tempered" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“even-tempered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Remaining calm even in situations that would cause many others to become angry, frustrated, panicky, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-even-tempered · even-tempered · English
even-tempered · 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 "E" 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 | even-tempered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “even-tempered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
even-tempered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Remaining calm even in situations that would cause many others to become angry, frustrated, panicky, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for even-tempered in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is even-tempered, spelled E-V-E-N---T-E-M-P-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Remaining calm even in situations that would cause many others to become angry, frustrated, panicky, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how even-tempered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth?
If you just want to hear beautiful music, this album is delightful. It is in the same general style of the Paul Winter Consort and the albums from Windham Hill, being lovely, even-tempered but not dispassionate music which stimulates relaxation and thoughtfulness.
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.