son of a bachelor
"son-of-a-bachelor" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“son of a bachelor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Son of a bitch.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | son of a bachelor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “son of a bachelor” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
son of a bachelor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Son of a bitch.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for son of a bachelor, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Attested from 1657.https://www.oed.com/dictionary/son-of-a-bachelor_n Likely a minced oath of son of a bitch based on the assonance between bitch and the first syllable of bachelor, and with bachelor being less vulgar but implying bastardy. The correct English form is son of a bachelor, spelled S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Son of a bitch.
Etymology
Attested from 1657.https://www.oed.com/dictionary/son-of-a-bachelor_n Likely a minced oath of son of a bitch based on the assonance between bitch and the first syllable of bachelor, and with bachelor being less vulgar but implying bastardy.
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 “son of a bachelor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.