not worth a dime
"not-worth-a-dime" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“not worth a dime” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
Corpus desk
Index EN-not-worth-a-dime · not worth a dime · English
not worth a dime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 dime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “not worth a dime” in English
Rare enough to double-check
not worth a dime is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
not worth a dime has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is not worth a dime, spelled N-O-T- -W-O-R-T-H- -A- -D-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Worthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, worth, a, dime: worth less than ten cents, at any value down to and including zero (nothing).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how not worth a dime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: a dime a dozen, dime-a-dozen, ten a penny
This vase is not worth a dime. Why did you pay so much for it?
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.