with child
"with-child" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“with child” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pregnant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | with child |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “with child” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for with child is 10 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pregnant.".
with child doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Replaced the earlier Middle English mid childe. Compare Danish and Swedish med barn. The correct English form is with child, spelled W-I-T-H- -C-H-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Pregnant.
Etymology
Replaced the earlier Middle English mid childe. Compare Danish and Swedish med barn.
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.
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Using “with child”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-T-H- -C-H-I-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.