gangbusters
"gangbusters" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gangbusters” is uncommon English (frequency #83,270 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,270
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of gangbuster
Corpus desk
Index EN-gangbusters · gangbusters · English
gangbusters · rank #83,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,270
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fye
Nearest frequency peer: fye (-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 “gangbusters”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- functionali…
functionalist
16,737 corpus weight
- funereal
funereal
16,736 corpus weight
- fye
fye
16,734 corpus weight
- gangbusters
gangbusters
16,731 corpus weight
- garrulous
garrulous
16,728 corpus weight
- Gatton
Gatton
16,726 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gangbusters” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gangbusters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gangbusters” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gangbusters is uncommon English at frequency #83,270 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of gangbuster".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gangbusters, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: The adjective and adverb are a shortening of the phrase like gangbusters. The correct English form is gangbusters, spelled G-A-N-G-B-U-S-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of gangbuster
Etymology
The adjective and adverb are a shortening of the phrase like gangbusters.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).