newswire

noun

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"newswire" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“newswire” is uncommon English (frequency #50,697 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,697
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.

Corpus desk

Index EN-newswire · newswire · English

newswire · rank #50,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,697
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH needful

Nearest frequency peer: needful (-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 “newswire”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “newswire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for newswire
PropertyValue
Headwordnewswire
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,697
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “newswire” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).newswirefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “needful” (#50,696), “Nihon” (#50,698), “noggin” (#50,701). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “newswire” is #50,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

newswire is uncommon English at frequency #50,697 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for newswire, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From news + wire. The correct English form is newswire, spelled N-E-W-S-W-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.

Etymology

From news + wire.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "newswire"?
"newswire" is spelled N-E-W-S-W-I-R-E.
What does "newswire" mean?
As a noun, "newswire" means: A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.
What is the origin of the word "newswire"?
From news + wire. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "newswire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list