snobbery

noun

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"snobbery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“snobbery” is uncommon English (frequency #51,403 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,403
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property or trait of being a snob.

Corpus desk

Index EN-snobbery · snobbery · English

snobbery · rank #51,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,403
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sorenson

Nearest frequency peer: Sorenson (+1 rank slots)

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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 “snobbery”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “snobbery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for snobbery
PropertyValue
Headwordsnobbery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “snobbery” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).snobberyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Sorenson” (#51,404), “smallish” (#51,400), “slither” (#51,399). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “snobbery” is #51,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

snobbery is uncommon English at frequency #51,403 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property or trait of being a snob.".

snobbery doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From snob + -ery – doubled ‘b’ to clarify pronunciation of ‘o’. The correct English form is snobbery, spelled S-N-O-B-B-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property or trait of being a snob.

Etymology

From snob + -ery – doubled ‘b’ to clarify pronunciation of ‘o’.

Synonyms

snobbism

This word in other languages

esnobismo(Español)snobisme(Français)Snobismus(Deutsch)arrogância(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "snobbery"?
"snobbery" is spelled S-N-O-B-B-E-R-Y.
What does "snobbery" mean?
As a noun, "snobbery" means: The property or trait of being a snob.
What is the origin of the word "snobbery"?
From snob + -ery – doubled ‘b’ to clarify pronunciation of ‘o’. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "snobbery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sorenson#51,404smallish#51,400succubus#51,426teriyaki#51,441

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list