masterstroke
"masterstroke" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masterstroke” is an uncommon English word, ranked #80,656 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #80,656
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masterstroke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “masterstroke” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for masterstroke is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #80,656 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for masterstroke, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From master + stroke. The correct English form is masterstroke, spelled M-A-S-T-E-R-S-T-R-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.
Etymology
From master + stroke.
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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Using “masterstroke”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-S-T-E-R-S-T-R-O-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.