s'more
/ˈsmɔɹ/
"s-more" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“s'more” is uncommon English (frequency #99,797 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,797
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-s-more · s'more · English
s'more · rank #99,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,797
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Saarland
Nearest frequency peer: Saarland (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “s'more”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rossman
Rossman
213 corpus weight
- s'more
s'more
204 corpus weight
- Saarland
Saarland
202 corpus weight
- sagely
sagely
200 corpus weight
- Sahitya
Sahitya
198 corpus weight
- Sahu
Sahu
197 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “s'more” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s'more |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsmɔɹ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “s'more” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
s'more is uncommon English at frequency #99,797 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsmɔɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for s'more, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: A contraction of some more, so called because they are meant to be so tasty that one always wants some more. The correct English form is s'more, spelled S-'-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s'more appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1990, Margaret Kenda, Cooking Wizardry for Kids S’Mores are a traditional favorite cook-out food with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
2003, Sheri Joseph, Bear Me Safely Over She bit into the s’more, and the melted marshmallow goo fell over her lip, onto her chin.
Etymology
A contraction of some more, so called because they are meant to be so tasty that one always wants some more.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.