heartsick
"heartsick" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heartsick” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heartsick · heartsick · English
heartsick · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heartsick |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heartsick” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heartsick is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.".
heartsick has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From heart + sick. The correct English form is heartsick, spelled H-E-A-R-T-S-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heartsick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I stood close to heartsick mourners and worried that I would not sustain the enormousness of their spiritual weight.
Etymology
From heart + sick.
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.