showpiece
"showpiece" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“showpiece” is uncommon English (frequency #61,110 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,110
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that exhibits exceptional quality, something worth being shown.
Corpus desk
Index EN-showpiece · showpiece · English
showpiece · rank #61,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,110
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shinobu
Nearest frequency peer: Shinobu (-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 “showpiece”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shandy
shandy
38,894 corpus weight
- Shinobu
Shinobu
38,892 corpus weight
- showpiece
showpiece
38,891 corpus weight
- showstopper
showstopper
38,890 corpus weight
- sidewall
sidewall
38,888 corpus weight
- sinusoidal
sinusoidal
38,887 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “showpiece” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | showpiece |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “showpiece” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
showpiece is uncommon English at frequency #61,110 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for showpiece, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From show + piece. The correct English form is showpiece, spelled S-H-O-W-P-I-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1Something that exhibits exceptional quality, something worth being shown.
- 2Something made specifically to be displayed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how showpiece appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.
Etymology
From show + piece.
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); 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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.