cyberattack
"cyberattack" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyberattack” is uncommon English (frequency #65,031 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,031
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyberattack · cyberattack · English
cyberattack · rank #65,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,031
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cwm
Nearest frequency peer: cwm (-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 “cyberattack”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- curvaceous
curvaceous
34,973 corpus weight
- cutlets
cutlets
34,972 corpus weight
- cwm
cwm
34,971 corpus weight
- cyberattack
cyberattack
34,970 corpus weight
- Dalmatia
Dalmatia
34,968 corpus weight
- damming
damming
34,967 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cyberattack” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyberattack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cyberattack” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyberattack is uncommon English at frequency #65,031 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cyberattack, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyber- + attack. The correct English form is cyberattack, spelled C-Y-B-E-R-A-T-T-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyberattack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He also points out that if the US does come under cyberattack, we may be powerless to stop the attack.
In the months before Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's arrival in Beijing on Monday, the Obama administration quietly held an extraordinary briefing for the Chinese military leadership on a subject officials have rarely discussed in public: The Pentagon's emerging doctrine for defending against cyberattacks against the United States – and for using its cybe…
Etymology
From cyber- + attack.
Antonyms
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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