submachine gun
"submachine-gun" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“submachine gun” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-submachine-gun · submachine gun · English
submachine gun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | submachine gun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “submachine gun” in English
Rare enough to double-check
submachine gun is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.".
No misspelling variants are generated for submachine gun in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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- + machine gun. The correct English form is submachine gun, spelled S-U-B-M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -G-U-N.
Definition
- 1A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how submachine gun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns.
Etymology
From sub- + machine gun.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.