simples
"simples" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“simples” is uncommon English (frequency #74,509 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,509
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-simples · simples · English
simples · rank #74,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,509
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH singleness
Nearest frequency peer: singleness (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “simples”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shul
shul
25,499 corpus weight
- sidereal
sidereal
25,496 corpus weight
- simples
simples
25,492 corpus weight
- singleness
singleness
25,491 corpus weight
- skol
skol
25,487 corpus weight
- slovenly
slovenly
25,484 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “simples” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | simples |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “simples” in English
Rare enough to double-check
simples is uncommon English at frequency #74,509 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.".
No misspelling variants are generated for simples in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com. The correct English form is simples, spelled S-I-M-P-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simples appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no potential for takeover of the state of Pakistan by a rag-tag bunch of trumped-up nobodies with battered guns, and therefore no threat to the west. simples!
So you claim. So, put whatcha got on the table, or STFU. ¶ Simples.
Etymology
See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).