gamepad
/ˈɡeɪm.pæd/
"gamepad" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamepad” is uncommon English (frequency #56,139 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,139
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamepad · gamepad · English
gamepad · rank #56,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,139
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gameplan
Nearest frequency peer: gameplan (+1 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 “gamepad”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- formless
formless
43,869 corpus weight
- gamepad
gamepad
43,862 corpus weight
- gameplan
gameplan
43,861 corpus weight
- Gauri
Gauri
43,859 corpus weight
- gazillion
gazillion
43,858 corpus weight
- glazes
glazes
43,853 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gamepad” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamepad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡeɪm.pæd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gamepad” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gamepad is uncommon English at frequency #56,139 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡeɪm.pæd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.".
gamepad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: from game + pad The correct English form is gamepad, spelled G-A-M-E-P-A-D.
Definition
- 1A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.
Etymology
from game + pad
Synonyms
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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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