superfood
"superfood" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superfood” is uncommon English (frequency #53,892 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,892
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits.
Corpus desk
Index EN-superfood · superfood · English
superfood · rank #53,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,892
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH supergroup
Nearest frequency peer: supergroup (+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 “superfood”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- subwoofer
subwoofer
46,113 corpus weight
- sulla
sulla
46,112 corpus weight
- superfood
superfood
46,109 corpus weight
- supergroup
supergroup
46,108 corpus weight
- Suter
Suter
46,106 corpus weight
- Suzhou
Suzhou
46,105 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “superfood” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superfood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “superfood” in English
Rare enough to double-check
superfood is uncommon English at frequency #53,892 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for superfood, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + food. The correct English form is superfood, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits.
- 2Any food which provides a very concentrated source of protein, fats, or other nutritional necessities.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superfood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Superfoods include many different food choices, which make going on the superfood diets so easy because you have a big variety to choose from for your meals. It does not matter which of the superfoods you eat, you can gain the nutrients […]
2015, Sonoma Press, Quinoa: The Everyday Superfood: 150 Gluten-Free Recipes to Delight Every Kind of Eater, Arcas Publishing →ISBN There's a lot of interesting stuff to know about this superfood, but you don't have to learn everything about quinoa to know it's delicious, versatile, and easy to make. In fact, you can cook and eat quinoa like just about any…
Etymology
From super- + food.
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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