form-fitting
"form-fitting" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“form-fitting” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fitting closely to the body of the wearer, thus clearly revealing its shape.
Corpus desk
Index EN-form-fitting · form-fitting · English
form-fitting · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | form-fitting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “form-fitting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
form-fitting is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fitting closely to the body of the wearer, thus clearly revealing its shape.".
form-fitting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is form-fitting, spelled F-O-R-M---F-I-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Fitting closely to the body of the wearer, thus clearly revealing its shape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how form-fitting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a form-fitting evening dress
Synonyms
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.