sunglass
"sunglass" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sunglass” is uncommon English (frequency #78,169 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,169
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attributive form of sunglasses, used chiefly in phrases.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sunglass · sunglass · English
sunglass · rank #78,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,169
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sugarman
Nearest frequency peer: sugarman (-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 “sunglass”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sug
sug
21,835 corpus weight
- sugarman
sugarman
21,833 corpus weight
- sunglass
sunglass
21,832 corpus weight
- supersymmet…
supersymmetry
21,831 corpus weight
- suspender
suspender
21,830 corpus weight
- swarthy
swarthy
21,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sunglass” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sunglass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sunglass” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sunglass is uncommon English at frequency #78,169 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attributive form of sunglasses, used chiefly in phrases.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sunglass, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sun + glass, as a back-formation when referring to sunglasses. The correct English form is sunglass, spelled S-U-N-G-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Attributive form of sunglasses, used chiefly in phrases.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sunglass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a sunglass holder
They trekked through Europe, discovering designers like Melinda Gloss and the Italian sunglass manufacturer LGR, with whom they secured exclusive United States representation.
Etymology
From sun + glass, as a back-formation when referring to sunglasses.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).