showplace
"showplace" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“showplace” is uncommon English (frequency #99,856 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,856
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-showplace · showplace · English
showplace · rank #99,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,856
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shogi
Nearest frequency peer: shogi (-2 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 “showplace”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Shimura
Shimura
151 corpus weight
- shogi
shogi
147 corpus weight
- showplace
showplace
145 corpus weight
- shushing
shushing
143 corpus weight
- shuttlecock
shuttlecock
142 corpus weight
- sidetrack
sidetrack
141 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “showplace” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | showplace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “showplace” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
showplace is uncommon English at frequency #99,856 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for showplace, 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From show + place. The correct English form is showplace, spelled S-H-O-W-P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
- 2A location kept for display only.
Etymology
From show + place.
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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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.