hypersensitive
"hypersensitive" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypersensitive” is uncommon English (frequency #55,501 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,501
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypersensitive · hypersensitive · English
hypersensitive · rank #55,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,501
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH humidifier
Nearest frequency peer: humidifier (-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 “hypersensitive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hooke
Hooke
44,505 corpus weight
- horsey
horsey
44,504 corpus weight
- Hoxton
Hoxton
44,503 corpus weight
- humidifier
humidifier
44,501 corpus weight
- hypersensit…
hypersensitive
44,500 corpus weight
- idiomatic
idiomatic
44,498 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hypersensitive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypersensitive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypersensitive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypersensitive is uncommon English at frequency #55,501 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hypersensitive, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive. The correct English form is hypersensitive, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
- 2Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
Etymology
From hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).