slimmest
"slimmest" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slimmest” is uncommon English (frequency #80,895 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,895
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of slim: most slim
Corpus desk
Index EN-slimmest · slimmest · English
slimmest · rank #80,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,895
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sloot
Nearest frequency peer: sloot (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “slimmest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- skink
skink
19,109 corpus weight
- slashdot
slashdot
19,108 corpus weight
- slimmest
slimmest
19,106 corpus weight
- sloot
sloot
19,105 corpus weight
- sluggishness
sluggishness
19,104 corpus weight
- Smithville
Smithville
19,103 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “slimmest” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slimmest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slimmest” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slimmest is uncommon English at frequency #80,895 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "superlative form of slim: most slim".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for slimmest, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is slimmest, spelled S-L-I-M-M-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of slim: most slim
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how slimmest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them;…
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.