simpering
"simpering" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“simpering” is uncommon English (frequency #93,156 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,156
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affected, smug, and supercilious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-simpering · simpering · English
simpering · rank #93,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,156
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH signoria
Nearest frequency peer: signoria (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “simpering”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Siebold
Siebold
6,849 corpus weight
- signoria
signoria
6,847 corpus weight
- simpering
simpering
6,845 corpus weight
- skittering
skittering
6,843 corpus weight
- skydome
skydome
6,842 corpus weight
- slappy
slappy
6,841 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “simpering” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | simpering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “simpering” in English
Rare enough to double-check
simpering is uncommon English at frequency #93,156 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affected, smug, and supercilious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for simpering, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is simpering, spelled S-I-M-P-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Affected, smug, and supercilious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simpering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why, look at him—look at this simpering self-righteous mug!
I know they are supposed to be amusing, and you should be tolerant, but I wanted to swing on one, any one, anything to shatter that superior, simpering composure.
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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