short circuit
"short-circuit" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“short circuit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-short-circuit · short circuit · English
short circuit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | short circuit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “short circuit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
short circuit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.".
Zero misspellings are on record for short circuit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: short + circuit The correct English form is short circuit, spelled S-H-O-R-T- -C-I-R-C-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
Etymology
short + circuit
Synonyms
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.