heart-shaped
"heart-shaped" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heart-shaped” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heart-shaped |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heart-shaped” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for heart-shaped is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.".
No misspelling variants are generated for heart-shaped in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is heart-shaped, spelled H-E-A-R-T---S-H-A-P-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
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.
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Using “heart-shaped”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-E-A-R-T---S-H-A-P-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.