pitch-dark
"pitch-dark" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pitch-dark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pitch-dark · pitch-dark · English
pitch-dark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pitch-dark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pitch-dark” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pitch-dark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pitch-dark in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is pitch-dark, spelled P-I-T-C-H---D-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pitch-dark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The assassin crept into the royal bedchamber only after it was pitch-dark.
Synonyms
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.