soulrending

adj

"soulrending" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“soulrending” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

Corpus desk

Index EN-soulrending · soulrending · English

soulrending · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for soulrending
PropertyValue
Headwordsoulrending
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “soulrending” in English

soulrendingsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soulrending is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for soulrending, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From soul + rending. The correct English form is soulrending, spelled S-O-U-L-R-E-N-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
  2. 2
    That elicits deep sympathy.

Etymology

From soul + rending.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soulrending"?
"soulrending" is spelled S-O-U-L-R-E-N-D-I-N-G.
What does "soulrending" mean?
As an adjective, "soulrending" means: That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
What is the origin of the word "soulrending"?
From soul + rending. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list