snobbish

Name: snobbish, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/

//ˈsnɒbɪʃ// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“snobbish” is uncommon English (frequency #53,265 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,265
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

Key facts for snobbish
Property	Value
Headword	snobbish
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#53,265
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “snobbish” sits in English frequency

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

#53,265

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

snobbish is uncommon English at frequency #53,265 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for snobbish in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From snob + -ish. The correct English form is snobbish, spelled S-N-O-B-B-I-S-H.

Definition

1
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

Etymology

From snob + -ish.

Synonyms

snobbysnobbisticcliquish

This word in other languages

pijo(Español)snob(Français)dünkelhaft(Deutsch)esnobe(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 "snobbish"?

"snobbish" is spelled S-N-O-B-B-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/.

What does "snobbish" mean?

As an adjective, "snobbish" means: Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

How do you pronounce "snobbish"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "snobbish" is /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "snobbish"?

From snob + -ish. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “snobbish”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-N-O-B-B-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.