Jiminy Cricket
"jiminy-cricket" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jiminy Cricket” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An expression of annoyance or surprise.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jiminy Cricket |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jiminy Cricket” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Jiminy Cricket is 14 letters long, classified as an interjection. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An expression of annoyance or surprise.".
Jiminy Cricket doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Euphemistic alteration of Jesus Christ. The cartoon character was named for the minced oath, which is recorded from the early 1800s onwards. The correct English form is Jiminy Cricket, spelled J-I-M-I-N-Y- -C-R-I-C-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1An expression of annoyance or surprise.
Etymology
Euphemistic alteration of Jesus Christ. The cartoon character was named for the minced oath, which is recorded from the early 1800s onwards.
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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Using “Jiminy Cricket”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-I-M-I-N-Y- -C-R-I-C-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.