tattletale
/ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
"tattletale" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tattletale” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - telltale; giveaway
Corpus desk
Index EN-tattletale · tattletale · English
tattletale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tattletale |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tattletale” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tattletale is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "telltale; giveaway".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tattletale, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tattle + tale. The correct English form is tattletale, spelled T-A-T-T-L-E-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1telltale; giveaway
Etymology
From tattle + tale.
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.