megastar
"megastar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“megastar” is uncommon English (frequency #60,278 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,278
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A very famous or successful celebrity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-megastar · megastar · English
megastar · rank #60,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,278
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mehra
Nearest frequency peer: Mehra (+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 “megastar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Maximo
Maximo
39,730 corpus weight
- McLane
McLane
39,726 corpus weight
- megastar
megastar
39,723 corpus weight
- Mehra
Mehra
39,722 corpus weight
- Melilla
Melilla
39,721 corpus weight
- Michiko
Michiko
39,718 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “megastar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megastar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “megastar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
megastar is uncommon English at frequency #60,278 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A very famous or successful celebrity.".
Zero misspellings are on record for megastar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 mega- + star. The correct English form is megastar, spelled M-E-G-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1A very famous or successful celebrity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how megastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Instead, she has to carve new territory: a nontransgressive, rose-colored female pop megastar, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.
Etymology
From mega- + star.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).