heart-shaped

adj

"heart-shaped" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“heart-shaped” 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) - Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.

Corpus desk

Index EN-heart-shaped · heart-shaped · English

heart-shaped · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for heart-shaped
PropertyValue
Headwordheart-shaped
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “heart-shaped” in English

heart-shapedfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heart-shaped is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how heart-shaped appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] Passing, I leave thee lilac with heart-shaped leaves, / I leave thee there in the door-yard, blooming, returning with spring.
  2. It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heart-shaped"?
"heart-shaped" is spelled H-E-A-R-T---S-H-A-P-E-D.
What does "heart-shaped" mean?
As an adjective, "heart-shaped" means: Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.
What language does "heart-shaped" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list