until Kingdom come

prep_phrase

"until-kingdom-come" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“until Kingdom come” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Until death, until the afterlife.

Corpus desk

Index EN-until-kingdom-come · until Kingdom come · English

until Kingdom come · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" 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.

Key facts for until Kingdom come
PropertyValue
Headworduntil Kingdom come
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPrep_phrase
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “until Kingdom come” in English

until Kingdom comefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

until Kingdom come is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

until Kingdom come has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is until Kingdom come, spelled U-N-T-I-L- -K-I-N-G-D-O-M- -C-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Until death, until the afterlife.
  2. 2
    At overly frequent intervals.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I will love you until Kingdom come.
  2. He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.

Synonyms

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 "until Kingdom come"?
"until Kingdom come" is spelled U-N-T-I-L- -K-I-N-G-D-O-M- -C-O-M-E.
What does "until Kingdom come" mean?
As a prep_phrase, "until Kingdom come" means: Until death, until the afterlife.
What language does "until Kingdom come" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list