show jumping

noun

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

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.

Corpus desk

Index EN-show-jumping · show jumping · English

show jumping · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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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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.

Key facts for show jumping
PropertyValue
Headwordshow jumping
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “show jumping” in English

show jumpingfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

show jumping is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

show jumping has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is show jumping, spelled S-H-O-W- -J-U-M-P-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.
  2. 2
    A similar event with rabbits instead of ridden horses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In Sweden, a rabbit show jumping contest is held. The contest is known as kaninhopping and includes a race course for the bunnies using hoops, seesaws, ramps, and fencing.

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 "show jumping"?
"show jumping" is spelled S-H-O-W- -J-U-M-P-I-N-G.
What does "show jumping" mean?
As a noun, "show jumping" means: An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.
What language does "show jumping" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list