timeworn
/ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/
"timeworn" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timeworn” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timeworn · timeworn · English
timeworn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | timeworn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “timeworn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
timeworn is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
timeworn has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From time + worn. The correct English form is timeworn, spelled T-I-M-E-W-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
- 2Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how timeworn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […]
After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.
Etymology
From time + worn.
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.