buzzkill
/ˈbʌzkɪl/
"buzzkill" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buzzkill” is uncommon English (frequency #65,758 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,758
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buzzkill · buzzkill · English
buzzkill · rank #65,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,758
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bungling
Nearest frequency peer: bungling (-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 “buzzkill”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bukkake
bukkake
34,246 corpus weight
- bullhorn
bullhorn
34,245 corpus weight
- bungling
bungling
34,244 corpus weight
- buzzkill
buzzkill
34,243 corpus weight
- Callisto
Callisto
34,242 corpus weight
- candidature
candidature
34,241 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “buzzkill” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buzzkill |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌzkɪl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “buzzkill” in English
Rare enough to double-check
buzzkill is uncommon English at frequency #65,758 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbʌzkɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for buzzkill in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From buzz (“feeling of energy or excitement”) + kill. The correct English form is buzzkill, spelled B-U-Z-Z-K-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
- 2A person who attends a social event and occupies their time with unsociable activities.
Etymology
From buzz (“feeling of energy or excitement”) + kill.
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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