sneers
/snɪə̯z/
"sneers" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sneers” is uncommon English (frequency #79,985 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,985
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of sneer
Corpus desk
Index EN-sneers · sneers · English
sneers · rank #79,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,985
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH snowshoeing
Nearest frequency peer: snowshoeing (+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 “sneers”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- silicones
silicones
20,024 corpus weight
- sixtieth
sixtieth
20,020 corpus weight
- sneers
sneers
20,016 corpus weight
- snowshoeing
snowshoeing
20,015 corpus weight
- sophistry
sophistry
20,013 corpus weight
- sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk
20,011 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sneers” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sneers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /snɪə̯z/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sneers” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sneers is uncommon English at frequency #79,985 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /snɪə̯z/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of sneer".
sneers has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sneers, spelled S-N-E-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of sneer
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 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.