thickhead
"thickhead" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thickhead” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stupid person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thickhead · thickhead · English
thickhead · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | thickhead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thickhead” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thickhead is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for thickhead in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From thick + head. Compare West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”). The correct English form is thickhead, spelled T-H-I-C-K-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1A stupid person.
- 2Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thickhead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: bonehead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
Etymology
From thick + head. Compare West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”).
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.