suffragette
/ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/
"suffragette" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suffragette” is uncommon English (frequency #54,513 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,513
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suffragette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suffragette” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
suffragette is uncommon English at frequency #54,513 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for suffragette in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself. The correct English form is suffragette, spelled S-U-F-F-R-A-G-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
Etymology
From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.
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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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-F-F-R-A-G-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.