guesstimate
/ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/
"guesstimate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“guesstimate” is uncommon English (frequency #94,915 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,915
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
Corpus desk
Index EN-guesstimate · guesstimate · English
guesstimate · rank #94,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,915
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grossness
Nearest frequency peer: grossness (-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 “guesstimate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Grewal
Grewal
5,092 corpus weight
- greyscale
greyscale
5,091 corpus weight
- grossness
grossness
5,089 corpus weight
- guesstimate
guesstimate
5,086 corpus weight
- guiltless
guiltless
5,083 corpus weight
- guro
guro
5,082 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “guesstimate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guesstimate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “guesstimate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
guesstimate is uncommon English at frequency #94,915 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for guesstimate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of guess + estimate. The correct English form is guesstimate, spelled G-U-E-S-S-T-I-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guesstimate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: educated guess
I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
Etymology
Blend of guess + estimate.
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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