wearish
/ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/
"wearish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wearish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wearish · wearish · English
wearish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wearish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wearish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wearish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wearish, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English warssh, werisch, werische, werish, werissh, werssh, werysshe, of unknown origin; compare Modern English dialectal wairsh and Early Modern English wersh; perhaps related to Middle English wery (modern weary). The correct English form is wearish, spelled W-E-A-R-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
- 2Sickly, wizened, feeble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wearish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe, / With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent […].
Democritus, as he is described by Hippocrates and Laertius, was a little wearish old man, very melancholy by nature, averse from company in his latter days, and much given to solitariness […].
Etymology
From Middle English warssh, werisch, werische, werish, werissh, werssh, werysshe, of unknown origin; compare Modern English dialectal wairsh and Early Modern English wersh; perhaps related to Middle English wery (modern weary).
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.