heavyset
/ˈhɛviˌsɛt/
"heavyset" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heavyset” is uncommon English (frequency #98,210 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,210
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Overweight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heavyset · heavyset · English
heavyset · rank #98,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,210
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hattersley
Nearest frequency peer: Hattersley (-2 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 “heavyset”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- harddrive
harddrive
1,799 corpus weight
- Hartfield
Hartfield
1,795 corpus weight
- Haslem
Haslem
1,794 corpus weight
- Hattersley
Hattersley
1,793 corpus weight
- heavyset
heavyset
1,791 corpus weight
- heliotrope
heliotrope
1,787 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “heavyset” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heavyset |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhɛviˌsɛt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heavyset” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heavyset is uncommon English at frequency #98,210 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhɛviˌsɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
heavyset doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From heavy + set. The correct English form is heavyset, spelled H-E-A-V-Y-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Overweight.
- 2Overweight.
- 3Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heavyset appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
Etymology
From heavy + set.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).