stupider
"stupider" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stupider” is uncommon English (frequency #53,884 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,884
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of stupid: more stupid
Corpus desk
Index EN-stupider · stupider · English
stupider · rank #53,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,884
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subjection
Nearest frequency peer: subjection (+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 “stupider”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stiffen
stiffen
46,122 corpus weight
- stupider
stupider
46,117 corpus weight
- subjection
subjection
46,116 corpus weight
- submachine
submachine
46,115 corpus weight
- subwoofer
subwoofer
46,113 corpus weight
- sulla
sulla
46,112 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stupider” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stupider |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stupider” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stupider is uncommon English at frequency #53,884 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of stupid: more stupid".
No generated misspelling entries exist for stupider in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is stupider, spelled S-T-U-P-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of stupid: more stupid
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stupider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You people aren't stupider than anyone else. Not naturally stupider.
Freud's disciples have been even more stupid about "creative writing". At least Freud had the good sense to know when to shut up, as he did in Dostoevski's case. But stupider still is the more recent Hemingway machismo number.
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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