last of the big spenders

noun

"last-of-the-big-spenders" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“last of the big spenders” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who does not spend much money.

Corpus desk

Index EN-last-of-the-big-spenders · last of the big spenders · English

last of the big spenders · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 24 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for last of the big spenders
PropertyValue
Headwordlast of the big spenders
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “last of the big spenders” in English

last of the big spendersfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

last of the big spenders is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who does not spend much money.".

last of the big spenders doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is last of the big spenders, spelled L-A-S-T- -O-F- -T-H-E- -B-I-G- -S-P-E-N-D-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who does not spend much money.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how last of the big spenders appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "He bought you a sandwich?" / "Yeah, you know him, the last of the big spenders."

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "last of the big spenders"?
"last of the big spenders" is spelled L-A-S-T- -O-F- -T-H-E- -B-I-G- -S-P-E-N-D-E-R-S.
What does "last of the big spenders" mean?
As a noun, "last of the big spenders" means: Someone who does not spend much money.
What language does "last of the big spenders" come from?
"last of the big spenders" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list