faddish
/ˈfædɪʃ/
"faddish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faddish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Being or relating to a fad; trendy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-faddish · faddish · English
faddish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | faddish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfædɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “faddish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
faddish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfædɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Being or relating to a fad; trendy.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faddish, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fad + -ish. The correct English form is faddish, spelled F-A-D-D-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Being or relating to a fad; trendy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how faddish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The layman could have been forgiven for wondering if it was not just a faddish change from old-fashioned steam to cleaner, vaguely faster and more fashionable electric traction.
Etymology
From fad + -ish.
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.