newsfeed
"newsfeed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newsfeed” is uncommon English (frequency #51,274 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,274
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A feed, especially one providing news content.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newsfeed · newsfeed · English
newsfeed · rank #51,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,274
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH namespace
Nearest frequency peer: namespace (-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 “newsfeed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- multiplicat…
multiplicative
48,733 corpus weight
- muting
muting
48,732 corpus weight
- namespace
namespace
48,729 corpus weight
- newsfeed
newsfeed
48,727 corpus weight
- nid
nid
48,724 corpus weight
- nighthawk
nighthawk
48,722 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “newsfeed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newsfeed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “newsfeed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
newsfeed is uncommon English at frequency #51,274 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A feed, especially one providing news content.".
newsfeed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From news + feed. The correct English form is newsfeed, spelled N-E-W-S-F-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1A feed, especially one providing news content.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how newsfeed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Without unfriending someone, you can now choose to limit or block (unsubscribe) someone from your newsfeed or choose to see only what Facebook deems as very important.
Etymology
From news + feed.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).