pinprick
"pinprick" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pinprick” is uncommon English (frequency #96,358 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,358
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pinprick · pinprick · English
pinprick · rank #96,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,358
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH Pictish
Nearest frequency peer: Pictish (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pinprick”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Phillipa
Phillipa
3,647 corpus weight
- Piacenza
Piacenza
3,645 corpus weight
- Pictish
Pictish
3,644 corpus weight
- pinprick
pinprick
3,643 corpus weight
- playgirl
playgirl
3,640 corpus weight
- Plumstead
Plumstead
3,639 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pinprick” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinprick |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pinprick” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pinprick is uncommon English at frequency #96,358 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
pinprick has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pin + prick. The correct English form is pinprick, spelled P-I-N-P-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
- 2A mildly annoying wound or damage.
- 3A very tiny dot.
Etymology
From pin + prick.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pinprick", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.