bobbitt
"bobbitt" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bobbitt” is uncommon English (frequency #84,037 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,037
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cut off the penis of (a person).
Corpus desk
Index EN-bobbitt · bobbitt · English
bobbitt · rank #84,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,037
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blunderbuss
Nearest frequency peer: blunderbuss (-1 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 “bobbitt”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blithering
blithering
15,966 corpus weight
- blunderbuss
blunderbuss
15,965 corpus weight
- bobbitt
bobbitt
15,964 corpus weight
- Boddy
Boddy
15,963 corpus weight
- bodkin
bodkin
15,962 corpus weight
- boonies
boonies
15,960 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bobbitt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bobbitt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bobbitt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bobbitt is uncommon English at frequency #84,037 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bobbitt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the surname of John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife cut off his penis during his sleep. The correct English form is bobbitt, spelled B-O-B-B-I-T-T.
Definition
- 1To cut off the penis of (a person).
- 2To cut off (the penis).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bobbitt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Watch out: she might bobbitt you as you sleep.
[…] penis should be Bobbitted by about seven feet, having been joined up to his navel in error […]
Etymology
From the surname of John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife cut off his penis during his sleep.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).