quickstep
"quickstep" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quickstep” is uncommon English (frequency #75,329 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,329
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quickstep · quickstep · English
quickstep · rank #75,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,329
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quintile
Nearest frequency peer: quintile (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “quickstep”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pusan
Pusan
24,676 corpus weight
- puzzler
puzzler
24,675 corpus weight
- quadra
quadra
24,674 corpus weight
- quickstep
quickstep
24,672 corpus weight
- quintile
quintile
24,671 corpus weight
- radioisotope
radioisotope
24,669 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quickstep” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quickstep |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quickstep” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quickstep is uncommon English at frequency #75,329 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quickstep, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From quick + step. The correct English form is quickstep, spelled Q-U-I-C-K-S-T-E-P.
Definition
- 1A fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quickstep appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Miss Esler and Mr. McMorrow went to Kalgoorlie to adjudicate at the goldfields waltz and quickstep championships, and found the standard of dancing surprisingly high.
Etymology
From quick + step.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).