miscreant
/ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
"miscreant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miscreant” is uncommon English (frequency #79,763 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,763
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miscreant · miscreant · English
miscreant · rank #79,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,763
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Miyako
Nearest frequency peer: Miyako (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “miscreant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- milliliter
milliliter
20,241 corpus weight
- Millward
Millward
20,240 corpus weight
- miscreant
miscreant
20,238 corpus weight
- Miyako
Miyako
20,237 corpus weight
- Mizrahi
Mizrahi
20,236 corpus weight
- moka
moka
20,233 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “miscreant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miscreant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miscreant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miscreant is uncommon English at frequency #79,763 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for miscreant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant. The correct English form is miscreant, spelled M-I-S-C-R-E-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
- 2Holding an incorrect religious belief.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how miscreant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all?
Etymology
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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