common as bums
"common-as-bums" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“common as bums” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very common or mundane (in various senses).
Corpus desk
Index EN-common-as-bums · common as bums · English
common as bums · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | common as bums |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “common as bums” in English
Rare enough to double-check
common as bums is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very common or mundane (in various senses).".
No misspelling variants are generated for common as bums in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is common as bums, spelled C-O-M-M-O-N- -A-S- -B-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1Very common or mundane (in various senses).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how common as bums appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bruises and bumps in the Kentucky camp were as common as bums at a free barbecue.
He made a face. "What for? You don't want a vineyard there. They're as common as bums; everybody's got one."
Synonyms
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.