dimwit
/ˈdɪmwɪt/
"dimwit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dimwit” is uncommon English (frequency #69,789 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,789
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is deficient in intelligence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dimwit · dimwit · English
dimwit · rank #69,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,789
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diggity
Nearest frequency peer: diggity (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dimwit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dibble
dibble
30,214 corpus weight
- diggity
diggity
30,213 corpus weight
- dimwit
dimwit
30,212 corpus weight
- dipstick
dipstick
30,210 corpus weight
- disambiguat…
disambiguation
30,209 corpus weight
- dissenter
dissenter
30,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dimwit” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dimwit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪmwɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dimwit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dimwit is uncommon English at frequency #69,789 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪmwɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is deficient in intelligence.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dimwit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of dim + wit. The correct English form is dimwit, spelled D-I-M-W-I-T.
Definition
- 1A person who is deficient in intelligence.
Etymology
Compound of dim + wit.
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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