Rumpelstiltskin
/ˌɹʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/
"rumpelstiltskin" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rumpelstiltskin” is uncommon English (frequency #90,921 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,921
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rumpelstiltskin · Rumpelstiltskin · English
Rumpelstiltskin · rank #90,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,921
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rutted
Nearest frequency peer: rutted (+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 “Rumpelstiltskin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rueda
rueda
9,084 corpus weight
- Rumpelstilt…
Rumpelstiltskin
9,080 corpus weight
- rutted
rutted
9,079 corpus weight
- saccharin
saccharin
9,078 corpus weight
- sadden
sadden
9,077 corpus weight
- Saguenay
Saguenay
9,075 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rumpelstiltskin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rumpelstiltskin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #90,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Rumpelstiltskin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Rumpelstiltskin is uncommon English at frequency #90,921 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌɹʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rumpelstiltskin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Rumpelstilzchen; Wikipedia discusses the hypotheses. The correct English form is Rumpelstiltskin, spelled R-U-M-P-E-L-S-T-I-L-T-S-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
- 2The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.
Etymology
From German Rumpelstilzchen; Wikipedia discusses the hypotheses.
Synonyms
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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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).