four-legged
/fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/
"four-legged" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“four-legged” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having four legs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-four-legged · four-legged · English
four-legged · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | four-legged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “four-legged” in English
Rare enough to double-check
four-legged is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having four legs.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for four-legged, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From four + legged. The correct English form is four-legged, spelled F-O-U-R---L-E-G-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having four legs.
Etymology
From four + legged.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.