flabbergasting
/ˌflæbəˈɡɑːstɪŋ/
"flabbergasting" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flabbergasting” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Overwhelming in a bewildering way; amazing, confounding, stunning, especially in a ludicrous manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flabbergasting · flabbergasting · English
flabbergasting · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | flabbergasting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌflæbəˈɡɑːstɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flabbergasting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flabbergasting is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌflæbəˈɡɑːstɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Overwhelming in a bewildering way; amazing, confounding, stunning, especially in a ludicrous manner.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flabbergasting, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flabbergast + -ing. The correct English form is flabbergasting, spelled F-L-A-B-B-E-R-G-A-S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Overwhelming in a bewildering way; amazing, confounding, stunning, especially in a ludicrous manner.
Etymology
From flabbergast + -ing.
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.