keep one's head
"keep-one-s-head" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keep one's head” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.
Corpus desk
Index EN-keep-one-s-head · keep one's head · English
keep one's head · 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 "K" 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 | keep one's head |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “keep one's head” in English
Rare enough to double-check
keep one's head is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.".
Zero misspellings are on record for keep one's head in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is keep one's head, spelled K-E-E-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how keep one's head appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you . . .
The ruffian kept his head, and though the dog's teeth were in his shoulder, he managed to get his right hand free.
Antonyms
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.