youngish
"youngish" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“youngish” is uncommon English (frequency #94,461 among 366 “Y” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,461
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somewhat young.
Corpus desk
Index EN-youngish · youngish · English
youngish · rank #94,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,461
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH yayo
Nearest frequency peer: yayo (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “youngish”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- yager
yager
5,543 corpus weight
- yayo
yayo
5,542 corpus weight
- youngish
youngish
5,540 corpus weight
- yur
yur
5,537 corpus weight
- Zapatista
Zapatista
5,536 corpus weight
- zither
zither
5,533 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “youngish” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | youngish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “youngish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
youngish is uncommon English at frequency #94,461 among 366 “Y” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Somewhat young.".
youngish has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From young + -ish. The correct English form is youngish, spelled Y-O-U-N-G-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Somewhat young.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how youngish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In spite of his youngish appearance, he had much experience.
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
Etymology
From young + -ish.
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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