turn the other cheek
"turn-the-other-cheek" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“turn the other cheek” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-turn-the-other-cheek · turn the other cheek · English
turn the other cheek · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | turn the other cheek |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “turn the other cheek” in English
Rare enough to double-check
turn the other cheek is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.".
No misspelling variants are generated for turn the other cheek in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach. The correct English form is turn the other cheek, spelled T-U-R-N- -T-H-E- -O-T-H-E-R- -C-H-E-E-K.
Definition
- 1To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
Etymology
From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.
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.