prideful
/ˈpɹʌɪdfəl/
"prideful" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prideful” is uncommon English (frequency #55,666 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,666
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Full of pride.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prideful · prideful · English
prideful · rank #55,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,666
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH psychometric
Nearest frequency peer: psychometric (+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 “prideful”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- preoperative
preoperative
44,339 corpus weight
- prideful
prideful
44,335 corpus weight
- psychometric
psychometric
44,334 corpus weight
- pupper
pupper
44,333 corpus weight
- Quechua
Quechua
44,331 corpus weight
- querying
querying
44,329 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “prideful” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prideful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹʌɪdfəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prideful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prideful is uncommon English at frequency #55,666 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɹʌɪdfəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for prideful in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 Middle English pridefulle, prydefull, equivalent to pride + -ful. The correct English form is prideful, spelled P-R-I-D-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Full of pride.
- 2Taking pride in something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prideful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The man is ill-tempered, envious, and above all prideful.
Where is the candle choice? the curtained charm? / Where each accompaniment we would espy? / The ever-wanted change, all clean and dry, / The wholesome gearing of the tiny form? / The father prideful as the scene reveals? / And the fond mother smiling as she feels?
Etymology
From Middle English pridefulle, prydefull, equivalent to pride + -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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