speedrun
/ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/
"speedrun" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“speedrun” is uncommon English (frequency #84,769 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,769
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | speedrun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “speedrun” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
speedrun is uncommon English at frequency #84,769 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for speedrun in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form. The correct English form is speedrun, spelled S-P-E-E-D-R-U-N.
Definition
- 1A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.
Etymology
From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form.
This word in other languages
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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Using “speedrun”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-P-E-E-D-R-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.