slavish
/ˈsleɪvɪʃ/
"slavish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slavish” is uncommon English (frequency #76,343 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,343
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the manner of a slave; abject.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slavish · slavish · English
slavish · rank #76,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,343
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sisal
Nearest frequency peer: sisal (-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 “slavish”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sightedness
sightedness
23,664 corpus weight
- signore
signore
23,663 corpus weight
- sisal
sisal
23,660 corpus weight
- slavish
slavish
23,658 corpus weight
- sloshed
sloshed
23,656 corpus weight
- snapback
snapback
23,653 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slavish” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slavish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slavish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slavish is uncommon English at frequency #76,343 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slavish, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slave + -ish. The correct English form is slavish, spelled S-L-A-V-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1In the manner of a slave; abject.
- 2Utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slavish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“You have freed them from higher restraint, Halbert,” answered the Abbot, “and therein taught them to rebel against your own.” / “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.”
a slavish reproduction
Etymology
From slave + -ish.
This word in other languages
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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