human sacrifice

noun

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"human-sacrifice" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“human sacrifice” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.

Corpus desk

Index EN-human-sacrifice · human sacrifice · English

human sacrifice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for human sacrifice
PropertyValue
Headwordhuman sacrifice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “human sacrifice” sits in English frequency

human sacrifice falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

human sacrifice is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

human sacrifice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From human + sacrifice. The correct English form is human sacrifice, spelled H-U-M-A-N- -S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
  2. 2
    A human being killed in this way.

Etymology

From human + sacrifice.

This word in other languages

Menschenopfer(Deutsch)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "human sacrifice"?
"human sacrifice" is spelled H-U-M-A-N- -S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-E.
What does "human sacrifice" mean?
As a noun, "human sacrifice" means: The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
What is the origin of the word "human sacrifice"?
From human + sacrifice. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list