cheapskate
/ˈt͡ʃipˌskeɪt/
"cheapskate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cheapskate” is uncommon English (frequency #69,725 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,725
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheapskate · cheapskate · English
cheapskate · rank #69,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,725
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chama
Nearest frequency peer: chama (-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 “cheapskate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- categorisat…
categorisation
30,281 corpus weight
- Ceri
Ceri
30,279 corpus weight
- certificated
certificated
30,278 corpus weight
- chama
chama
30,277 corpus weight
- cheapskate
cheapskate
30,276 corpus weight
- chert
chert
30,274 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cheapskate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheapskate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃipˌskeɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cheapskate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cheapskate is uncommon English at frequency #69,725 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃipˌskeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cheapskate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite. The correct English form is cheapskate, spelled C-H-E-A-P-S-K-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- 2Someone who does not give freely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cheapskate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Etymology
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
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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