saintlike

adj

"saintlike" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“saintlike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resembling a saint in behavior, such as benevolence, compassion, humility and or piety; exceptionally good

Corpus desk

Index EN-saintlike · saintlike · English

saintlike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for saintlike
PropertyValue
Headwordsaintlike
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “saintlike” in English

saintlikesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saintlike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "resembling a saint in behavior, such as benevolence, compassion, humility and or piety; exceptionally good".

saintlike doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From saint + -like. The correct English form is saintlike, spelled S-A-I-N-T-L-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    resembling a saint in behavior, such as benevolence, compassion, humility and or piety; exceptionally good

Etymology

From saint + -like.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saintlike"?
"saintlike" is spelled S-A-I-N-T-L-I-K-E.
What does "saintlike" mean?
As an adjective, "saintlike" means: resembling a saint in behavior, such as benevolence, compassion, humility and or piety; exceptionally good
What is the origin of the word "saintlike"?
From saint + -like. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list