humble-hearted

adj

"humble-hearted" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“humble-hearted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meek; humble; unassuming.

Corpus desk

Index EN-humble-hearted · humble-hearted · English

humble-hearted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for humble-hearted
PropertyValue
Headwordhumble-hearted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “humble-hearted” in English

humble-heartedsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

humble-hearted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meek; humble; unassuming.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for humble-hearted, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 humble + hearted. The correct English form is humble-hearted, spelled H-U-M-B-L-E---H-E-A-R-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meek; humble; unassuming.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how humble-hearted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Old hags many of them were, dried and brown and wrinkled, kerchiefed and short-petticoated, with thick wool stockings on their bony shanks, stumping through the glittering thoroughfares, looking neither to the right nor the left, bent on duty, envying nothing, humble-hearted, remote;
  2. Or perhaps 'I am overawed by your undistinguished, humble-spirited, humble-minded, humble-hearted, humble-looking humility, which humbly shines . . .'?"

Etymology

From humble + hearted.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humble-hearted"?
"humble-hearted" is spelled H-U-M-B-L-E---H-E-A-R-T-E-D.
What does "humble-hearted" mean?
As an adjective, "humble-hearted" means: Meek; humble; unassuming.
What is the origin of the word "humble-hearted"?
From humble + hearted. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list