bumptious
/ˈbʌmpʃəs/
"bumptious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bumptious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bumptious · bumptious · English
bumptious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bumptious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbʌmpʃəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bumptious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bumptious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbʌmpʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bumptious in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from bump, on the pattern of words like fractious or presumptious. The correct English form is bumptious, spelled B-U-M-P-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bumptious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
She could stand it no longer. It was full of prying old women, she said, who stared in one's face, and of bumptious young men who trod on one's toes.
Etymology
Probably from bump, on the pattern of words like fractious or presumptious.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.