shitbag
"shitbag" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shitbag” is uncommon English (frequency #71,915 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,915
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A colostomy bag.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shitbag · shitbag · English
shitbag · rank #71,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,915
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheringham
Nearest frequency peer: Sheringham (-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 “shitbag”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shakey
shakey
28,090 corpus weight
- shanked
shanked
28,089 corpus weight
- Shehu
Shehu
28,088 corpus weight
- Sheringham
Sheringham
28,087 corpus weight
- shitbag
shitbag
28,086 corpus weight
- shutoff
shutoff
28,085 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shitbag” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shitbag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shitbag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shitbag is uncommon English at frequency #71,915 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for shitbag in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shit + bag. Sense 2 was dysphemistically modelled after scumbag. The correct English form is shitbag, spelled S-H-I-T-B-A-G.
Definition
- 1A colostomy bag.
- 2A worthless or despicable person.
- 3The stomach.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shitbag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I told him what type of shit bag he was and that if I had not taken a strong liking to him I'd kill him. But he had undone my feelings and I was glad we had never got it on.
I came across a drunken couple shouting into these machines outside a quayside restaurant. "Shitbag calling fuckface, shitbag calling fuckface, are you receiving me, over?" "Fuckface to shitbag, fuckface to shitbag, I am receiving you, over". […]
Etymology
From shit + bag. Sense 2 was dysphemistically modelled after scumbag.
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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