monkshood
"monkshood" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monkshood” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-monkshood · monkshood · English
monkshood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | monkshood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monkshood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
monkshood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
monkshood has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From monk + -s- + hood. The correct English form is monkshood, spelled M-O-N-K-S-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
- 2The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how monkshood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the shady retreat under the hill grew clusters of luxuriant ferns; the wild French willow stood proudly with its lofty crest of red and gorgeous flowers between the pebbles, but the sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how…
Etymology
From monk + -s- + hood.
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.