cesspit
/ˈsɛspɪt/
"cesspit" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cesspit” is uncommon English (frequency #91,344 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,344
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cesspit · cesspit · English
cesspit · rank #91,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,344
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH censer
Nearest frequency peer: censer (-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 “cesspit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- caretaking
caretaking
8,664 corpus weight
- casse
casse
8,661 corpus weight
- censer
censer
8,658 corpus weight
- cesspit
cesspit
8,657 corpus weight
- Charpentier
Charpentier
8,655 corpus weight
- Cheetham
Cheetham
8,652 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cesspit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cesspit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛspɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cesspit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cesspit is uncommon English at frequency #91,344 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛspɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cesspit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin is likewise uncertain. The second part is pit, a hole in the ground. The correct English form is cesspit, spelled C-E-S-S-P-I-T.
Definition
- 1A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
- 2A place or situation characterised by corruption, filth or immoral activities.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cesspit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Politics devolved into a cesspit of lies and deceit.
Etymology
Uncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin is likewise uncertain. The second part is pit, a hole in the ground.
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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