simulcast
/ˈsɪm.əlˌkæst/
"simulcast" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“simulcast” is uncommon English (frequency #50,802 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,802
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A program or event that is broadcast across more than one medium or service at the same time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-simulcast · simulcast · English
simulcast · rank #50,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,802
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sidecar
Nearest frequency peer: sidecar (-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 “simulcast”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sequester
sequester
49,204 corpus weight
- Shetty
Shetty
49,203 corpus weight
- sidecar
sidecar
49,201 corpus weight
- simulcast
simulcast
49,199 corpus weight
- SNAFU
SNAFU
49,195 corpus weight
- snugly
snugly
49,193 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “simulcast” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | simulcast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪm.əlˌkæst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “simulcast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
simulcast is uncommon English at frequency #50,802 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪm.əlˌkæst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A program or event that is broadcast across more than one medium or service at the same time.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for simulcast, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From simul(taneous) + -cast, from broadcast. The correct English form is simulcast, spelled S-I-M-U-L-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1A program or event that is broadcast across more than one medium or service at the same time.
Etymology
From simul(taneous) + -cast, from broadcast.
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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