coppery
/ˈkɒpəɹi/
"coppery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coppery” is uncommon English (frequency #84,119 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,119
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coppery · coppery · English
coppery · rank #84,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,119
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH convolutional
Nearest frequency peer: convolutional (-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 “coppery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Constantius
Constantius
15,886 corpus weight
- continence
continence
15,885 corpus weight
- convolution…
convolutional
15,883 corpus weight
- coppery
coppery
15,882 corpus weight
- cotillion
cotillion
15,881 corpus weight
- cottonmouth
cottonmouth
15,880 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “coppery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coppery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɒpəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coppery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coppery is uncommon English at frequency #84,119 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɒpəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coppery, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From copper + -y. The correct English form is coppery, spelled C-O-P-P-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
- 2Containing copper, especially if abundantly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coppery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time. I awoke and found my mouth full of saliva, with a coppery taste, and sure enough, I was obliged to spit.
Venetian women who wanted coppery hair colors applied bleaching mixtures, such as one that contained alum, sulfur, soda, and rhubarb. Then they sat in the sun, where heat produced a chemical reaction that developed the color.
Etymology
From copper + -y.
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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