superfine
"superfine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superfine” is uncommon English (frequency #84,799 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,799
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-superfine · superfine · English
superfine · rank #84,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,799
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH superimpose
Nearest frequency peer: superimpose (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “superfine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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15,202 corpus weight
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15,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “superfine” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superfine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “superfine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
superfine is uncommon English at frequency #84,799 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
superfine has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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- + fine. The correct English form is superfine, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
- 2Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
- 3Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
- 4Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
- 5Very good, excellent.
Etymology
From super- + fine.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superfine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.