knoweth
"knoweth" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“knoweth” is uncommon English (frequency #75,126 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,126
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of know
Corpus desk
Index EN-knoweth · knoweth · English
knoweth · rank #75,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,126
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Koen
Nearest frequency peer: Koen (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “knoweth”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kittel
kittel
24,879 corpus weight
- Kiyoko
Kiyoko
24,878 corpus weight
- knoweth
knoweth
24,875 corpus weight
- Koen
Koen
24,874 corpus weight
- Kuhl
Kuhl
24,871 corpus weight
- kumbaya
kumbaya
24,870 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “knoweth” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knoweth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “knoweth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
knoweth is uncommon English at frequency #75,126 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of know".
No generated misspelling entries exist for knoweth in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: know + -eth The correct English form is knoweth, spelled K-N-O-W-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of know
Etymology
know + -eth
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.