heartthrob
/ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/
"heartthrob" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heartthrob” is uncommon English (frequency #56,797 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,797
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A heartbeat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heartthrob · heartthrob · English
heartthrob · rank #56,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,797
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH headcount
Nearest frequency peer: headcount (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “heartthrob”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- harried
harried
43,208 corpus weight
- headcount
headcount
43,205 corpus weight
- heartthrob
heartthrob
43,204 corpus weight
- heaved
heaved
43,203 corpus weight
- Hellas
Hellas
43,202 corpus weight
- Helvetica
Helvetica
43,200 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “heartthrob” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heartthrob |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heartthrob” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heartthrob is uncommon English at frequency #56,797 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heartthrob, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From heart + throb. The correct English form is heartthrob, spelled H-E-A-R-T-T-H-R-O-B.
Definition
- 1A heartbeat.
- 2The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
- 3A handsome male celebrity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heartthrob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”
Etymology
From heart + throb.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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