buzzkill
/ˈbʌzkɪl/
"buzzkill" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buzzkill” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,758 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,758
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
| 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) |
Where “buzzkill” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for buzzkill is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbʌzkɪl/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,758 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “buzzkill”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-Z-Z-K-I-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbʌzkɪl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.