wholehearted
/ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/
"wholehearted" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wholehearted” is uncommon English (frequency #69,585 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,585
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wholehearted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wholehearted” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wholehearted is uncommon English at frequency #69,585 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.".
wholehearted doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From whole + hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England. The correct English form is wholehearted, spelled W-H-O-L-E-H-E-A-R-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.
Etymology
From whole + hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “wholehearted”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-O-L-E-H-E-A-R-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.