not worth a brass farthing
"not-worth-a-brass-farthing" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“not worth a brass farthing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worth nothing or next to nothing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-not-worth-a-brass-farthi · not worth a brass farthing · English
not worth a brass farthing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | not worth a brass farthing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “not worth a brass farthing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
not worth a brass farthing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Worth nothing or next to nothing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for not worth a brass farthing in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is not worth a brass farthing, spelled N-O-T- -W-O-R-T-H- -A- -B-R-A-S-S- -F-A-R-T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Worth nothing or next to nothing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how not worth a brass farthing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One's own private knowledge of a man's character is not worth a brass farthing as legal evidence.
2005, Jeremy Page, "Russia is now ripe for freedom revolution, warns Solzhenitsyn," timesonline.com (UK), 7 Jun. (retrieved 29 Sep. 2008), Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.