paleface
"paleface" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paleface” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paleface · paleface · English
paleface · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | paleface |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paleface” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paleface is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paleface, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pale + face, a supposed calque from a Native American language. First appears in print c. 1797. The correct English form is paleface, spelled P-A-L-E-F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paleface appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dere is Great Wicked Spirit, too... Heart grow hard. Great pleasure was to kill pale-face. Dat feeling last, Blossom, till I see you. Feel like fader to you, and don't want your scalp... Still want all udder pale-face scalp. Want Bourdon scalp much as any.
The hearts of the palefaces would not thrill to these superstitions of the red men, though we spoke of them in the centre of the haunted region.
Etymology
From pale + face, a supposed calque from a Native American language. First appears in print c. 1797.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.