big shot
"big-shot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“big shot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person with a reputation of importance or power.
Corpus desk
Index EN-big-shot · big shot · English
big shot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | big shot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “big shot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
big shot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for big shot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is big shot, spelled B-I-G- -S-H-O-T.
Definition
- 1A person with a reputation of importance or power.
- 2A rare and significant chance to achieve fame or success.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how big shot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They stopped traffic so some big shot and his entourage could have the whole road to themselves.
her one big shot at the brass ring
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.