beefcake
/ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/
"beefcake" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beefcake” is uncommon English (frequency #67,247 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,247
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beefcake · beefcake · English
beefcake · rank #67,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,247
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bedazzled
Nearest frequency peer: bedazzled (-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 “beefcake”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bayt
bayt
32,759 corpus weight
- Beall
Beall
32,758 corpus weight
- bedazzled
bedazzled
32,756 corpus weight
- beefcake
beefcake
32,754 corpus weight
- Belen
Belen
32,751 corpus weight
- bemoan
bemoan
32,750 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “beefcake” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beefcake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beefcake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beefcake is uncommon English at frequency #67,247 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for beefcake in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”). The correct English form is beefcake, spelled B-E-E-F-C-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
- 2Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
- 3A patty made of beef.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beefcake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No look at gay related calendars would be complete without at least a mention of those beefcake spreads. GCN only received one such calendar, the rather disappointing Men of Venice Beach.
The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.
Etymology
From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).
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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