six feet deep
"six-feet-deep" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“six feet deep” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Synonym of six feet under.
Corpus desk
Index EN-six-feet-deep · six feet deep · English
six feet deep · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | six feet deep |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “six feet deep” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
six feet deep is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of six feet under.".
six feet deep doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is six feet deep, spelled S-I-X- -F-E-E-T- -D-E-E-P.
Definition
- 1Synonym of six feet under.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how six feet deep appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As I lay me down to sleep I pray to the Lord to put me six feet deep
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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