Holy Spirit
"holy-spirit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Holy Spirit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) ...
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Index EN-holy-spirit · Holy Spirit · English
Holy Spirit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holy Spirit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Holy Spirit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Holy Spirit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Holy Spirit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghost), equivalent to holy + Spirit. The correct English form is Holy Spirit, spelled H-O-L-Y- -S-P-I-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.
- 2The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy.
- 3The spirit of God who delivers messages to humanity in the form of Manifestations of God.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holy Spirit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is now the Spirit of Christ as it was once known by the title of the Spirit of God.
Etymology
From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghost), equivalent to holy + Spirit.
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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.