heathenish
"heathenish" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heathenish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling a heathen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heathenish · heathenish · English
heathenish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heathenish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heathenish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heathenish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling a heathen.".
No misspelling variants are generated for heathenish in our index, 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 heathen + -ish. Compare with Old English hǣþenisc. The correct English form is heathenish, spelled H-E-A-T-H-E-N-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Resembling a heathen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heathenish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’
The opposite wall of this entry was hung all over with a heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears.
Etymology
From heathen + -ish. Compare with Old English hǣþenisc.
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.