dumbstruck
/ˈdʌmˌstɹʌk/
"dumbstruck" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dumbstruck” is uncommon English (frequency #76,736 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,736
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - So shocked as to be unable to speak.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dumbstruck · dumbstruck · English
dumbstruck · rank #76,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,736
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dumper
Nearest frequency peer: dumper (+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 “dumbstruck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- DRL
DRL
23,269 corpus weight
- drubbing
drubbing
23,267 corpus weight
- dumbstruck
dumbstruck
23,265 corpus weight
- dumper
dumper
23,264 corpus weight
- Dupre
Dupre
23,263 corpus weight
- dut
dut
23,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dumbstruck” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dumbstruck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdʌmˌstɹʌk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dumbstruck” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dumbstruck is uncommon English at frequency #76,736 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdʌmˌstɹʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "So shocked as to be unable to speak.".
dumbstruck has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dumb + struck. Comapare strike dumb. The correct English form is dumbstruck, spelled D-U-M-B-S-T-R-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1So shocked as to be unable to speak.
Etymology
From dumb + struck. Comapare strike dumb.
Synonyms
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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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