pushup
"pushup" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pushup” is uncommon English (frequency #88,750 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,750
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of push-up.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pushup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pushup” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pushup is uncommon English at frequency #88,750 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of push-up.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pushup, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from push up. The correct English form is pushup, spelled P-U-S-H-U-P.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of push-up.
Etymology
Deverbal from push up.
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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Using “pushup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-S-H-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.