push up daisies
"push-up-daisies" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“push up daisies” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To be dead.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | push up daisies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “push up daisies” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for push up daisies is 15 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To be dead.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for push up daisies, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I. The correct English form is push up daisies, spelled P-U-S-H- -U-P- -D-A-I-S-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1To be dead.
Etymology
In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I.
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.
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Using “push up daisies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-S-H- -U-P- -D-A-I-S-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.