short-sighted
"short-sighted" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“short-sighted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
Corpus desk
Index EN-short-sighted · short-sighted · English
short-sighted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | short-sighted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “short-sighted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
short-sighted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how short-sighted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a short-sighted man
a short-sighted person
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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.