prayerful
/ˈpɹɛːfʊl/
"prayerful" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prayerful” is uncommon English (frequency #66,948 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,948
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prayerful · prayerful · English
prayerful · rank #66,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,948
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prana
Nearest frequency peer: prana (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “prayerful”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- portent
portent
33,057 corpus weight
- prana
prana
33,054 corpus weight
- prayerful
prayerful
33,053 corpus weight
- prepper
prepper
33,049 corpus weight
- preselection
preselection
33,048 corpus weight
- proffer
proffer
33,047 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “prayerful” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prayerful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɛːfʊl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prayerful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prayerful is uncommon English at frequency #66,948 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɹɛːfʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prayerful, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From prayer + -ful. The correct English form is prayerful, spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prayerful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His extrovert craziness is an interesting counterpoint or safety valve to the ethos of prayerful silence and traditional solemnity which is so much part of Orthodox identity.
Etymology
From prayer + -ful.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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