deadass
"deadass" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deadass” is uncommon English (frequency #74,017 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,017
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a place: having very little activity; dead.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deadass · deadass · English
deadass · rank #74,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,017
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dander
Nearest frequency peer: dander (-2 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 “deadass”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dacre
Dacre
25,989 corpus weight
- dagmar
dagmar
25,988 corpus weight
- Danaher
Danaher
25,987 corpus weight
- dander
dander
25,986 corpus weight
- deadass
deadass
25,984 corpus weight
- denuded
denuded
25,981 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “deadass” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deadass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deadass” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deadass is uncommon English at frequency #74,017 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for deadass in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s. The correct English form is deadass, spelled D-E-A-D-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Of a place: having very little activity; dead.
- 2Genuine, real. (used as a negative intensifier)
- 3Dead serious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deadass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I could tell what you two had right off the bat. It was the same with me and my Rosario. That's what keeps me goin in this deadass joint, because there's no way she don't show someday and when that day comes the round man hauls some vino outta one of them shrouds he uses as filin cabinets or you're gonna see him walkin around with a brand new face.
On my way back to town I get to thinking about what Sandee said about Kirby: 'Fix the bastard'. Hmm...maybe we should. After all, what else is there to do on a Friday night in our deadass town?
Etymology
From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s.
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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