newsgroup
/ˈnuzˌɡɹup/
"newsgroup" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newsgroup” is uncommon English (frequency #81,626 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,626
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newsgroup · newsgroup · English
newsgroup · rank #81,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,626
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH neurologically
Nearest frequency peer: neurologically (-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 “newsgroup”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- naphtha
naphtha
18,381 corpus weight
- neurologica…
neurologically
18,376 corpus weight
- newsgroup
newsgroup
18,375 corpus weight
- Newtownards
Newtownards
18,374 corpus weight
- nitpick
nitpick
18,373 corpus weight
- nonpayment
nonpayment
18,370 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “newsgroup” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newsgroup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnuzˌɡɹup/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “newsgroup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
newsgroup is uncommon English at frequency #81,626 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnuzˌɡɹup/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for newsgroup, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From news + group. The correct English form is newsgroup, spelled N-E-W-S-G-R-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how newsgroup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years[…]
Etymology
From news + group.
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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