showgirl
"showgirl" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“showgirl” is uncommon English (frequency #59,703 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,703
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female performer in any of various (usually live) entertainment roles, usually including dancing and singing, often exotically or provocatively costumed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-showgirl · showgirl · English
showgirl · rank #59,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,703
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH silkworm
Nearest frequency peer: silkworm (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “showgirl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Shani
Shani
40,303 corpus weight
- shapeshifter
shapeshifter
40,302 corpus weight
- shivered
shivered
40,300 corpus weight
- showgirl
showgirl
40,298 corpus weight
- silkworm
silkworm
40,297 corpus weight
- slaver
slaver
40,293 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “showgirl” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | showgirl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “showgirl” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
showgirl is uncommon English at frequency #59,703 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female performer in any of various (usually live) entertainment roles, usually including dancing and singing, often exotically or provocatively costumed.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for showgirl, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From show + girl. The correct English form is showgirl, spelled S-H-O-W-G-I-R-L.
Definition
- 1A female performer in any of various (usually live) entertainment roles, usually including dancing and singing, often exotically or provocatively costumed.
Etymology
From show + girl.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "showgirl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.