sunbathe
/ˈsʌnbeɪð/
"sunbathe" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sunbathe” is uncommon English (frequency #71,948 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,948
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sunbathe · sunbathe · English
sunbathe · rank #71,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,948
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subsoil
Nearest frequency peer: subsoil (-2 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 “sunbathe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sublingual
sublingual
28,056 corpus weight
- subsoil
subsoil
28,055 corpus weight
- sunbathe
sunbathe
28,053 corpus weight
- swaggy
swaggy
28,050 corpus weight
- sweetening
sweetening
28,049 corpus weight
- swordsmansh…
swordsmanship
28,048 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sunbathe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sunbathe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsʌnbeɪð/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sunbathe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sunbathe is uncommon English at frequency #71,948 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈsʌnbeɪð/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sunbathe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sun + bathe. The correct English form is sunbathe, spelled S-U-N-B-A-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
Etymology
From sun + bathe.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).