traitorish

adj

"traitorish" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“traitorish” 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) - traitorly; treasonous

Corpus desk

Index EN-traitorish · traitorish · English

traitorish · 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

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Key facts for traitorish
PropertyValue
Headwordtraitorish
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “traitorish” in English

traitorishranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

traitorish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "traitorly; treasonous".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for traitorish, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From traitor + -ish. The correct English form is traitorish, spelled T-R-A-I-T-O-R-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    traitorly; treasonous

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how traitorish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"

Etymology

From traitor + -ish.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "traitorish"?
"traitorish" is spelled T-R-A-I-T-O-R-I-S-H.
What does "traitorish" mean?
As an adjective, "traitorish" means: traitorly; treasonous
What is the origin of the word "traitorish"?
From traitor + -ish. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list