supercharge
"supercharge" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supercharge” is uncommon English (frequency #62,546 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,546
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supercharge · supercharge · English
supercharge · rank #62,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,546
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sunda
Nearest frequency peer: Sunda (-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 “supercharge”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sulphuric
sulphuric
37,459 corpus weight
- sunburnt
sunburnt
37,458 corpus weight
- Sunda
Sunda
37,457 corpus weight
- supercharge
supercharge
37,455 corpus weight
- Swarthmore
Swarthmore
37,453 corpus weight
- tabbed
tabbed
37,450 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “supercharge” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supercharge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “supercharge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
supercharge is uncommon English at frequency #62,546 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for supercharge, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + charge. The correct English form is supercharge, spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-H-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
- 2To make faster or more powerful.
- 3To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supercharge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Graphene could change the electronics industry, ushering in flexible devices, supercharged quantum computers, electronic clothing and computers that can interface with the cells in your body.
Instead of three co-equal branches acting as a check on each other, power has become increasingly concentrated over the years in the White House – a trend that is now being supercharged under Mr. Trump in ways that, to critics, raise the specter of authoritarianism.
Etymology
From super- + charge.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).