modish
/ˈməʊdɪʃ/
"modish" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“modish” is uncommon English (frequency #81,589 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,589
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Conforming with fashion or style.
Corpus desk
Index EN-modish · modish · English
modish · rank #81,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,589
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Moebius
Nearest frequency peer: Moebius (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “modish”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Moberly
Moberly
18,414 corpus weight
- modish
modish
18,412 corpus weight
- Moebius
Moebius
18,411 corpus weight
- Molnar
Molnar
18,409 corpus weight
- moneymaking
moneymaking
18,407 corpus weight
- Moorhouse
Moorhouse
18,406 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “modish” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈməʊdɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “modish” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
modish is uncommon English at frequency #81,589 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈməʊdɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
modish has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mode + -ish. The correct English form is modish, spelled M-O-D-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Conforming with fashion or style.
- 2In the current mode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how modish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As we crossed Blackwell's Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish negroes, two bucks and a girl.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
Etymology
From mode + -ish.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 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.