subframe
"subframe" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subframe” is uncommon English (frequency #97,591 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,591
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subsidiary frame (chunk of data).
Corpus desk
Index EN-subframe · subframe · English
subframe · rank #97,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,591
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Styria
Nearest frequency peer: Styria (-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 “subframe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Studley
Studley
2,414 corpus weight
- stylesheet
stylesheet
2,412 corpus weight
- Styria
Styria
2,411 corpus weight
- subframe
subframe
2,410 corpus weight
- subspecialty
subspecialty
2,409 corpus weight
- Sukkot
Sukkot
2,405 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “subframe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subframe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “subframe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
subframe is uncommon English at frequency #97,591 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
subframe has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sub- + frame. The correct English form is subframe, spelled S-U-B-F-R-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1A subsidiary frame (chunk of data).
- 2A structural component of a vehicle, such as an automobile or aircraft, that uses a discrete, separate structure within a larger body-on-frame or unit body to carry certain components, such as the engine, drivetrain, or suspension.
- 3One of the HTML frames that make up a frameset.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subframe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Four status bits accompany each subframe.
In the rebuilding no alterations have been made to the queen-post underframes except to add the subframe carrying the engine-transmission group.
Etymology
From sub- + frame.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).