getup
"getup" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“getup” is uncommon English (frequency #52,962 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,962
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
Corpus desk
Index EN-getup · getup · English
getup · rank #52,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,962
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gerontology
Nearest frequency peer: gerontology (-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 “getup”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- garcinia
garcinia
47,042 corpus weight
- geomagnetic
geomagnetic
47,041 corpus weight
- gerontology
gerontology
47,040 corpus weight
- getup
getup
47,039 corpus weight
- Gisborne
Gisborne
47,038 corpus weight
- glaciation
glaciation
47,037 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “getup” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | getup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “getup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
getup is uncommon English at frequency #52,962 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for getup, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 get + up. The correct English form is getup, spelled G-E-T-U-P.
Definition
- 1Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
- 2A fight or altercation.
- 3Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
- 4Alternative form of get-up-and-go.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how getup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision.
The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup, received many comments for the manner in which the men marched.
Etymology
From get + up.
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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