newfangled
/ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/
"newfangled" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newfangled” is uncommon English (frequency #67,678 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,678
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newfangled · newfangled · English
newfangled · rank #67,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,678
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nieves
Nearest frequency peer: Nieves (+2 rank slots)
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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 “newfangled”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nationalize
nationalize
32,327 corpus weight
- nazar
nazar
32,326 corpus weight
- newfangled
newfangled
32,323 corpus weight
- Nieves
Nieves
32,321 corpus weight
- nigella
nigella
32,320 corpus weight
- Ningbo
Ningbo
32,319 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “newfangled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newfangled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “newfangled” in English
Rare enough to double-check
newfangled is uncommon English at frequency #67,678 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for newfangled, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”). The correct English form is newfangled, spelled N-E-W-F-A-N-G-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
- 2Fond of novelty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how newfangled appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
We notice by our exchanges that great efforts are being made throughout the western States especially, to palm off upon the farming public various kinds of patent churns, or to induce many mechanics to give large sums for the Right to manufacture the same—while in a majority of cases, we believe, the articles are absolutely worthless, or inferior to older…
Etymology
From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).
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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