sayeth
"sayeth" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sayeth” is uncommon English (frequency #97,525 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,525
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of say
Corpus desk
Index EN-sayeth · sayeth · English
sayeth · rank #97,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,525
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Savarkar
Nearest frequency peer: Savarkar (-2 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 “sayeth”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sakuma
Sakuma
2,483 corpus weight
- salvator
salvator
2,482 corpus weight
- Savarkar
Savarkar
2,478 corpus weight
- sayeth
sayeth
2,476 corpus weight
- schiavone
schiavone
2,470 corpus weight
- Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
2,469 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sayeth” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sayeth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sayeth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sayeth is uncommon English at frequency #97,525 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of say".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sayeth, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: say + -eth The correct English form is sayeth, spelled S-A-Y-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of say
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sayeth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Love thy neighbor, sayeth the Lord.
Etymology
say + -eth
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).