fatso
/ˈfæ.t͡soʊ/
"fatso" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fatso” is uncommon English (frequency #80,445 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,445
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone who is overweight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fatso · fatso · English
fatso · rank #80,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,445
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH Fede
Nearest frequency peer: Fede (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fatso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fairbank
Fairbank
19,560 corpus weight
- Fairhaven
Fairhaven
19,559 corpus weight
- fatso
fatso
19,556 corpus weight
- Fede
Fede
19,554 corpus weight
- feebly
feebly
19,553 corpus weight
- FFI
FFI
19,549 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fatso” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fatso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfæ.t͡soʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fatso” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fatso is uncommon English at frequency #80,445 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfæ.t͡soʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who is overweight.".
fatso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fats + -o. The correct English form is fatso, spelled F-A-T-S-O.
Definition
- 1Someone who is overweight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fatso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He went to the upstairs lookout and peered down upon the political bod, whom he recognised as the fatso who had given a thin, starving speech one lunch-time to the new High School students[.]
Etymology
From fats + -o.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.