submachine
"submachine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“submachine” is uncommon English (frequency #53,886 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,886
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A machine forming part of a larger machine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-submachine · submachine · English
submachine · rank #53,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,886
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 “submachine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- superfood
superfood
46,109 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “submachine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | submachine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “submachine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
submachine is uncommon English at frequency #53,886 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
submachine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sub- + machine. The correct English form is submachine, spelled S-U-B-M-A-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A machine forming part of a larger machine.
- 2A machine forming part of a larger machine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how submachine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]
Etymology
From sub- + machine.
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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