fivesome
/ˈfaɪvsəm/
"fivesome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fivesome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A group of five people or things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fivesome · fivesome · English
fivesome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fivesome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪvsəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fivesome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fivesome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaɪvsəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fivesome has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 five + -some. The correct English form is fivesome, spelled F-I-V-E-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A group of five people or things.
- 2An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
Etymology
From five + -some.
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.