bloomers
"bloomers" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bloomers” is uncommon English (frequency #60,658 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,658
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bloomers · bloomers · English
bloomers · rank #60,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,658
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bludgeon
Nearest frequency peer: bludgeon (+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 “bloomers”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bicyclist
bicyclist
39,347 corpus weight
- Bidwell
Bidwell
39,346 corpus weight
- bloomers
bloomers
39,343 corpus weight
- bludgeon
bludgeon
39,341 corpus weight
- bobbed
bobbed
39,340 corpus weight
- bobblehead
bobblehead
39,339 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bloomers” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bloomers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bloomers” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bloomers is uncommon English at frequency #60,658 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bloomers in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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: Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894). The correct English form is bloomers, spelled B-L-O-O-M-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
- 2Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bloomers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fanny, knowing this, had made up her mind to go straight to Horn & Udell. Now, Horn & Udell are responsible for the bloomers your small daughter wears under her play frock, in place of the troublesome and extravagant petticoat of the old days.
Moreover, the family realized perfectly that Alix would have clipped her thick hair, and taken to bloomers or knickerbockers outright, […]
Etymology
Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894).
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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