flesh-colored
"flesh-colored" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flesh-colored” 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) - Of the color of flesh, especially a white person's skin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flesh-colored · flesh-colored · English
flesh-colored · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | flesh-colored |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flesh-colored” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flesh-colored is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of the color of flesh, especially a white person's skin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flesh-colored in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flesh + colored. The correct English form is flesh-colored, spelled F-L-E-S-H---C-O-L-O-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Of the color of flesh, especially a white person's skin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flesh-colored appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a flesh-colored crayon
Etymology
From flesh + colored.
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.