pinchpenny
"pinchpenny" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pinchpenny” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pinchpenny · pinchpenny · English
pinchpenny · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | pinchpenny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pinchpenny” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pinchpenny is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.".
pinchpenny 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pinch + penny. The correct English form is pinchpenny, spelled P-I-N-C-H-P-E-N-N-Y.
Definition
- 1One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pinchpenny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Over the years, he developed a reputation as a pinchpenny who wouldn't spend money for anything.
That they accompt one a dastard if he be not defperate, a pynch penny if he be not prodygall, if filent a fotte, if full of wordes a foole?
Etymology
From pinch + penny.
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.