sumpter
/ˈsʌmptə/
"sumpter" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sumpter” is uncommon English (frequency #85,828 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,828
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The driver of a packhorse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sumpter · sumpter · English
sumpter · rank #85,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,828
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Summerlin
Nearest frequency peer: Summerlin (-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 “sumpter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- subluxation
subluxation
14,177 corpus weight
- subnational
subnational
14,176 corpus weight
- Summerlin
Summerlin
14,174 corpus weight
- sumpter
sumpter
14,173 corpus weight
- surmounting
surmounting
14,170 corpus weight
- suzerainty
suzerainty
14,169 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sumpter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sumpter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsʌmptə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sumpter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sumpter is uncommon English at frequency #85,828 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsʌmptə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sumpter, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from Old French sommetier (“pack-horse driver”), from Late Latin *sagmatarius, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”). The correct English form is sumpter, spelled S-U-M-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The driver of a packhorse.
- 2A packhorse; a beast of burden.
- 3A pack; a burden.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sumpter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom.
the ancient vse of somers and sumpter horsses is in maner vtterlie relinquished
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French sommetier (“pack-horse driver”), from Late Latin *sagmatarius, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”).
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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