slap bang
"slap-bang" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slap bang” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exactly, precisely
Corpus desk
Index EN-slap-bang · slap bang · English
slap bang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slap bang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slap bang” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slap bang is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exactly, precisely".
Zero misspellings are on record for slap bang in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is slap bang, spelled S-L-A-P- -B-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Exactly, precisely
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how slap bang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2010, Nick Clegg at the NUS conference in April I hope your conference is going to go well. You've certainly chosen a great time to hold it – slap bang in the middle of a general election campaign.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.