pigweed
"pigweed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pigweed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
Corpus desk
Index EN-pigweed · pigweed · English
pigweed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pigweed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pigweed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pigweed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pigweed in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pig + weed. The correct English form is pigweed, spelled P-I-G-W-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
- 2Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
- 3Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
- 4Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
- 5Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
- 6Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pigweed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.
Etymology
From pig + weed.
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.