foodstuff
/ˈfuːdˌstʌf/
"foodstuff" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foodstuff” is uncommon English (frequency #62,148 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,148
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foodstuff · foodstuff · English
foodstuff · rank #62,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,148
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flava
Nearest frequency peer: flava (-3 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 “foodstuff”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Finkel
Finkel
37,860 corpus weight
- flava
flava
37,856 corpus weight
- foodstuff
foodstuff
37,853 corpus weight
- freckle
freckle
37,850 corpus weight
- freckled
freckled
37,849 corpus weight
- frightfully
frightfully
37,847 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “foodstuff” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foodstuff |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfuːdˌstʌf/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foodstuff” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foodstuff is uncommon English at frequency #62,148 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfuːdˌstʌf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.".
foodstuff doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From food + stuff. The correct English form is foodstuff, spelled F-O-O-D-S-T-U-F-F.
Definition
- 1A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
Etymology
From food + stuff.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).