kingdom come
/ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkɑm/
"kingdom-come" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kingdom come” 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 September 3, 2026) - The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kingdom-come · kingdom come · English
kingdom come · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | kingdom come |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkɑm/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kingdom come” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kingdom come is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkɑm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kingdom come, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it … The correct English form is kingdom come, spelled K-I-N-G-D-O-M- -C-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
- 2The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
- 3The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
- 4A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kingdom come appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"And where are all these brothers and sisters?" demanded the stranger. / "Dead! dead as herrings—gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.["]
Somewhere between the O's and ones / That's where I found my kingdom come
Etymology
From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.
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.