extempore
/ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/
"extempore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“extempore” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carried out with no preparation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-extempore · extempore · English
extempore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extempore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “extempore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
extempore is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
extempore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”). The correct English form is extempore, spelled E-X-T-E-M-P-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Carried out with no preparation.
- 21833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15
- 31833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15: Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.
Etymology
From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.