congest
/kənˈd͡ʒɛst/
"congest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congest” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-congest · congest · English
congest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | congest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˈd͡ʒɛst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “congest” in English
Rare enough to double-check
congest is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kənˈd͡ʒɛst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.".
Zero misspellings are on record for congest in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is congest, spelled C-O-N-G-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how congest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:congest.
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.