Poindexter
/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/
"poindexter" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Poindexter” is uncommon English (frequency #56,984 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,984
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Jersey Norman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poindexter · Poindexter · English
Poindexter · rank #56,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,984
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH plebeian
Nearest frequency peer: plebeian (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Poindexter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pimped
pimped
43,021 corpus weight
- pkg
pkg
43,020 corpus weight
- plebeian
plebeian
43,019 corpus weight
- Poindexter
Poindexter
43,017 corpus weight
- precession
precession
43,014 corpus weight
- preempt
preempt
43,013 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Poindexter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poindexter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Poindexter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Poindexter is uncommon English at frequency #56,984 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Jersey Norman.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Poindexter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the cartoon Felix the Cat. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Ch… The correct English form is Poindexter, spelled P-O-I-N-D-E-X-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Jersey Norman.
Etymology
From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the cartoon Felix the Cat. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang.
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.
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