hundred-legs
"hundred-legs" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hundred-legs” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A centipede.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hundred-legs · hundred-legs · English
hundred-legs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hundred-legs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hundred-legs” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hundred-legs is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A centipede.".
hundred-legs has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: A calque of Latin centipēs. The correct English form is hundred-legs, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D---L-E-G-S.
Definition
- 1A centipede.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hundred-legs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Serial homology is most strikingly manifested in such a creature as the hundred-legs, or centipede.
Etymology
A calque of Latin centipēs.
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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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.