new-fashioned

adj

"new-fashioned" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“new-fashioned” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Newly made.

Corpus desk

Index EN-new-fashioned · new-fashioned · English

new-fashioned · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for new-fashioned
PropertyValue
Headwordnew-fashioned
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “new-fashioned” in English

new-fashionedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

new-fashioned is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for new-fashioned, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is new-fashioned, spelled N-E-W---F-A-S-H-I-O-N-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Newly made.
  2. 2
    Up-to-date, fashionable or avant-garde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how new-fashioned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He seemed very sentimental, very full of some Feelings or other, & very much addicted to all the newest-fashioned hard words—had not a very clear Brain she presumed, & talked a good deal by rote.
  2. I don’t think the Dorrance place is as handsome as ours, after all, if it is newer-fashioned.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "new-fashioned"?
"new-fashioned" is spelled N-E-W---F-A-S-H-I-O-N-E-D.
What does "new-fashioned" mean?
As an adjective, "new-fashioned" means: Newly made.
What language does "new-fashioned" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list