St. John's wort
/seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/
"st-john-s-wort" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“St. John's wort” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | St. John's wort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “St. John's wort” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
St. John's wort is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for St. John's wort, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is St. John's wort, spelled S-T-.- -J-O-H-N-'-S- -W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil.
- 2The plant prepared as a medication.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “St. John's wort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-.- -J-O-H-N-'-S- -W-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
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.