silklike
"silklike" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“silklike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of silky, like silk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-silklike · silklike · English
silklike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | silklike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “silklike” in English
Rare enough to double-check
silklike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of silky, like silk.".
No misspelling variants are generated for silklike in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From silk + -like, q.v. The correct English form is silklike, spelled S-I-L-K-L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of silky, like silk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how silklike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first artificial silk was cellulose-based rayon, known as viscose in Europe; DuPont's entirely synthetic nylon was insufficiently silklike at first to serve as a good substitute in fashion but quickly replaced Japanese silk for Allied military applications during World War II.
Etymology
From silk + -like, q.v.
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.