dimwitted
"dimwitted" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dimwitted” is uncommon English (frequency #77,599 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,599
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dimwitted · dimwitted · English
dimwitted · rank #77,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,599
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dillingham
Nearest frequency peer: Dillingham (-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 “dimwitted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dennehy
Dennehy
22,410 corpus weight
- differentia…
differentiator
22,404 corpus weight
- Dillingham
Dillingham
22,403 corpus weight
- dimwitted
dimwitted
22,402 corpus weight
- disburse
disburse
22,398 corpus weight
- dislocate
dislocate
22,397 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dimwitted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dimwitted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dimwitted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dimwitted is uncommon English at frequency #77,599 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of dim-witted.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dimwitted in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is dimwitted, spelled D-I-M-W-I-T-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dimwitted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My memories of high school and college French are mostly negative because I usually felt dimwitted anytime I tried to speak.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).