septime

noun

"septime" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.

Corpus desk

Index EN-septime · septime · English

septime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 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 septime
PropertyValue
Headwordseptime
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “septime” in English

septimesits 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

septime is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.".

septime has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French septime. By surface analysis, sept- + -ime. The correct English form is septime, spelled S-E-P-T-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.

Etymology

From French septime. By surface analysis, sept- + -ime.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "septime"?
"septime" is spelled S-E-P-T-I-M-E.
What does "septime" mean?
As a noun, "septime" means: The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.
What is the origin of the word "septime"?
From French septime. By surface analysis, sept- + -ime. 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