speaketh

verb

"speaketh" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“speaketh” is uncommon English (frequency #93,175 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,175
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of speak

Corpus desk

Index EN-speaketh · speaketh · English

speaketh · rank #93,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,175
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH speakership

Nearest frequency peer: speakership (-1 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 “speaketh”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “speaketh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for speaketh
PropertyValue
Headwordspeaketh
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “speaketh” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).speakethfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “speakership” (#93,174), “Spillane” (#93,176), “southbridge” (#93,173). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “speaketh” is #93,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

speaketh is uncommon English at frequency #93,175 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of speak".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for speaketh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: speak + -eth The correct English form is speaketh, spelled S-P-E-A-K-E-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of speak

Etymology

speak + -eth

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "speaketh"?
"speaketh" is spelled S-P-E-A-K-E-T-H.
What does "speaketh" mean?
As a verb, "speaketh" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of speak
What is the origin of the word "speaketh"?
speak + -eth See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "speaketh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list