miniskirt
/ˈmɪnɪskəːt/
"miniskirt" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miniskirt” is uncommon English (frequency #60,962 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,962
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miniskirt · miniskirt · English
miniskirt · rank #60,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,962
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH miniaturized
Nearest frequency peer: miniaturized (-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 “miniskirt”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- metta
metta
39,044 corpus weight
- milliner
milliner
39,041 corpus weight
- miniaturized
miniaturized
39,040 corpus weight
- miniskirt
miniskirt
39,039 corpus weight
- Mitford
Mitford
39,036 corpus weight
- mog
mog
39,034 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “miniskirt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miniskirt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miniskirt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miniskirt is uncommon English at frequency #60,962 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.".
Zero misspellings are on record for miniskirt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 mini- + skirt. The correct English form is miniskirt, spelled M-I-N-I-S-K-I-R-T.
Definition
- 1A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how miniskirt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
People who are “switched-on” and can twitch to prove it. And now–the latest—the chest toupee and the mini-skirt. […] For the benefit of those who are neither switched-on nor gear, the mini-skirt is actually a semi-skirt.
Etymology
From mini- + skirt.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).