short-sighted
"short-sighted" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“short-sighted” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | short-sighted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “short-sighted” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for short-sighted is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
short-sighted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is short-sighted, spelled S-H-O-R-T---S-I-G-H-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
- 2Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.
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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.
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Using “short-sighted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-O-R-T---S-I-G-H-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.