identikit
/aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
"identikit" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“identikit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
Corpus desk
Index EN-identikit · identikit · English
identikit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | identikit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “identikit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
identikit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for identikit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark. The correct English form is identikit, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-K-I-T.
Definition
- 1A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
Etymology
Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.
This word in other languages
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.