like taking candy from a baby
"like-taking-candy-from-a-baby" is a 24-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“like taking candy from a baby” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very easy to achieve.
Corpus desk
Index EN-like-taking-candy-from-a · like taking candy from a baby · English
like taking candy from a baby · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | like taking candy from a baby |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “like taking candy from a baby” in English
Rare enough to double-check
like taking candy from a baby is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very easy to achieve.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for like taking candy from a baby, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is like taking candy from a baby, spelled L-I-K-E- -T-A-K-I-N-G- -C-A-N-D-Y- -F-R-O-M- -A- -B-A-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Very easy to achieve.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how like taking candy from a baby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Taking the money from the safe will be like taking candy from a baby, since I know the combination.
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.