mettlesome
/ˈmɛtəlsəm/
"mettlesome" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mettlesome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mettlesome · mettlesome · English
mettlesome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mettlesome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɛtəlsəm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mettlesome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mettlesome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmɛtəlsəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mettlesome in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mettle + -some. The correct English form is mettlesome, spelled M-E-T-T-L-E-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mettlesome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf.
Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
Etymology
From mettle + -some.
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.