mincemeat
"mincemeat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mincemeat” is uncommon English (frequency #70,902 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,902
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mincemeat · mincemeat · English
mincemeat · rank #70,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,902
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Minkowski
Nearest frequency peer: Minkowski (+2 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 “mincemeat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mesmer
Mesmer
29,105 corpus weight
- metroplex
metroplex
29,104 corpus weight
- Michener
Michener
29,102 corpus weight
- mincemeat
mincemeat
29,099 corpus weight
- Minkowski
Minkowski
29,097 corpus weight
- misdiagnosis
misdiagnosis
29,095 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mincemeat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mincemeat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mincemeat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mincemeat is uncommon English at frequency #70,902 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mincemeat, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat. The correct English form is mincemeat, spelled M-I-N-C-E-M-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
- 2Minced meat, mince.
- 3A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
- 4Something or someone utterly destroyed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mincemeat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.
Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat.
Etymology
An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).