dumpy
/ˈdʌmpi/
"dumpy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dumpy” is uncommon English (frequency #65,074 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,074
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dumpy · dumpy · English
dumpy · rank #65,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,074
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dunleavy
Nearest frequency peer: Dunleavy (+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 “dumpy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- drenching
drenching
34,931 corpus weight
- DTI
DTI
34,929 corpus weight
- dumpy
dumpy
34,927 corpus weight
- Dunleavy
Dunleavy
34,926 corpus weight
- Dunstable
Dunstable
34,925 corpus weight
- Durden
Durden
34,923 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dumpy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dumpy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdʌmpi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dumpy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dumpy is uncommon English at frequency #65,074 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdʌmpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Short and thick; stout or stocky.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dumpy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump. The correct English form is dumpy, spelled D-U-M-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Short and thick; stout or stocky.
Etymology
First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
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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