slumdog
"slumdog" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slumdog” is uncommon English (frequency #67,053 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,053
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who lives in the slums of cities.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slumdog · slumdog · English
slumdog · rank #67,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,053
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sleuthing
Nearest frequency peer: sleuthing (-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 “slumdog”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- simp
simp
32,952 corpus weight
- sleeplessne…
sleeplessness
32,950 corpus weight
- sleuthing
sleuthing
32,949 corpus weight
- slumdog
slumdog
32,948 corpus weight
- smote
smote
32,947 corpus weight
- sockeye
sockeye
32,946 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slumdog” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slumdog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slumdog” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slumdog is uncommon English at frequency #67,053 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who lives in the slums of cities.".
slumdog doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 slum + dog; first appeared in the 2008 British romantic comedy film Slumdog Millionaire. The correct English form is slumdog, spelled S-L-U-M-D-O-G.
Definition
- 1A person who lives in the slums of cities.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slumdog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Priya, 17, has chosen to be a slumdog, and her life reads like a film script.
"I am poor, but don't call me slumdog," said Rekha Dhamji, 18.
Etymology
From slum + dog; first appeared in the 2008 British romantic comedy film Slumdog Millionaire.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).