heraldic
"heraldic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“heraldic” is uncommon English (frequency #54,832 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,832
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heraldic · heraldic · English
heraldic · rank #54,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,832
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heng
Nearest frequency peer: heng (-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 “heraldic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Heber
Heber
45,172 corpus weight
- heme
heme
45,171 corpus weight
- heng
heng
45,170 corpus weight
- heraldic
heraldic
45,169 corpus weight
- hereto
hereto
45,168 corpus weight
- heya
heya
45,167 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “heraldic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heraldic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “heraldic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
heraldic is uncommon English at frequency #54,832 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds.".
Zero misspellings are on record for heraldic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From herald + -ic; probably modelled on French héraldique. The correct English form is heraldic, spelled H-E-R-A-L-D-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heraldic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a heraldic device
That ceiling was covered with square compartments, each filled with strange figures, flowers, fruit, heraldic devices—all blazoned in the richest colours,...
Etymology
From herald + -ic; probably modelled on French héraldique.
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).