newsprint
"newsprint" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newsprint” is uncommon English (frequency #51,875 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,875
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newsprint · newsprint · English
newsprint · rank #51,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,875
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH newscaster
Nearest frequency peer: newscaster (-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 “newsprint”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nen
nen
48,130 corpus weight
- Nevin
Nevin
48,128 corpus weight
- newscaster
newscaster
48,127 corpus weight
- newsprint
newsprint
48,126 corpus weight
- Nikhil
Nikhil
48,122 corpus weight
- noblest
noblest
48,121 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “newsprint” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newsprint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “newsprint” in English
Rare enough to double-check
newsprint is uncommon English at frequency #51,875 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.".
No misspelling variants are generated for newsprint in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From news + print. The correct English form is newsprint, spelled N-E-W-S-P-R-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how newsprint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The journalism trade publication Editor and Publisher announced in the spring of 1954 that more newsprint had been generated about Jorgensen during the previous year than about any other individual—over a million and a half words, the rough equivalent of fifteen full-length books.
Etymology
From news + print.
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).