quick-tempered
"quick-tempered" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quick-tempered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quick-tempered · quick-tempered · English
quick-tempered · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | quick-tempered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quick-tempered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quick-tempered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.".
Zero misspellings are on record for quick-tempered in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is quick-tempered, spelled Q-U-I-C-K---T-E-M-P-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quick-tempered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.
Antonyms
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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.