His Holiness
"his-holiness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“His Holiness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.
Corpus desk
Index EN-his-holiness · His Holiness · English
His Holiness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | His Holiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “His Holiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
His Holiness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for His Holiness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is His Holiness, spelled H-I-S- -H-O-L-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how His Holiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He had an audience with His Holiness the Pope.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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.