faithfull
"faithfull" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faithfull” is uncommon English (frequency #64,370 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,370
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archaic spelling of faithful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-faithfull · faithfull · English
faithfull · rank #64,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,370
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH eyeglass
Nearest frequency peer: eyeglass (-3 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 “faithfull”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- evac
evac
35,639 corpus weight
- exchangeable
exchangeable
35,636 corpus weight
- eyeglass
eyeglass
35,634 corpus weight
- faithfull
faithfull
35,631 corpus weight
- Ferndale
Ferndale
35,628 corpus weight
- Fick
Fick
35,627 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “faithfull” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faithfull |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “faithfull” in English
Rare enough to double-check
faithfull is uncommon English at frequency #64,370 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic spelling of faithful.".
Zero misspellings are on record for faithfull in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is faithfull, spelled F-A-I-T-H-F-U-L-L.
Definition
- 1Archaic spelling of faithful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faithfull appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some others goe further and alledging or rather indeede abusing some peece of the Scripture, where it appeareth that the faithfull haue leaped and daunsed: they thinke verily that they haue founde the beane in the cake, as though this were a proper couerture & cloke to couer the infection and filthines of their daunces.
NAVARRE. It is enough if that Navarre may be Esteemed faithfull to the King of France: Whose service he may still commaund to death.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).