wizardess
/ˈwɪzɚdɪs/
"wizardess" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wizardess” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female wizard; sorceress; witch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wizardess · wizardess · English
wizardess · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | wizardess |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪzɚdɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wizardess” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wizardess is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɪzɚdɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female wizard; sorceress; witch.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wizardess, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wizard + -ess. The correct English form is wizardess, spelled W-I-Z-A-R-D-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A female wizard; sorceress; witch.
Etymology
From wizard + -ess.
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.