subwoofer
/ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/
"subwoofer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subwoofer” is uncommon English (frequency #53,888 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,888
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-subwoofer · subwoofer · English
subwoofer · rank #53,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,888
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sulla
Nearest frequency peer: sulla (+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 “subwoofer”
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 “subwoofer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subwoofer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “subwoofer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
subwoofer is uncommon English at frequency #53,888 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsʌbˌwʊf.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass.".
subwoofer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sub- + woofer. The correct English form is subwoofer, spelled S-U-B-W-O-O-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subwoofer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hip-hop took the language and made it graffiti—it was music video on a wall with a beatbox blowing its subwoofers next to it.
Even economy vehicles offer multispeaker audio upgrades, including a subwoofer.
Etymology
From sub- + woofer.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).