scornworthy
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scornworthy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scornworthy” in English
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
- 1Worthy of scorn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scornworthy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...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.
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.