scornworthy

adj

"scornworthy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“scornworthy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worthy of scorn.

Corpus desk

Index EN-scornworthy · scornworthy · English

scornworthy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for scornworthy
PropertyValue
Headwordscornworthy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “scornworthy” in English

scornworthysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scornworthy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Worthy of scorn.".

No misspelling variants are generated for scornworthy in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From scorn + -worthy. The correct English form is scornworthy, spelled S-C-O-R-N-W-O-R-T-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Worthy of scorn.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how scornworthy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ...what is curious is that if he could have kept himself, or been kept by his genius, at this high pitch all or any obstacles would have been scornworthy.
  2. Verschoyle watched the ashen sea, and this reminded him of scorned and scornworthy Ireland.

Etymology

From scorn + -worthy.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scornworthy"?
"scornworthy" is spelled S-C-O-R-N-W-O-R-T-H-Y.
What does "scornworthy" mean?
As an adjective, "scornworthy" means: Worthy of scorn.
What is the origin of the word "scornworthy"?
From scorn + -worthy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list