near-sighted
/ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈsaɪtɪd/
"near-sighted" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“near-sighted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - myopic, suffering from myopia
Corpus desk
Index EN-near-sighted · near-sighted · English
near-sighted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | near-sighted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “near-sighted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
near-sighted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈsaɪtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "myopic, suffering from myopia".
Zero misspellings are on record for near-sighted in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is near-sighted, spelled N-E-A-R---S-I-G-H-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1myopic, suffering from myopia
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.