supermajority
/ˌs(j)upɜɹməˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/
"supermajority" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supermajority” is uncommon English (frequency #60,501 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,501
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supermajority |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌs(j)upɜɹməˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supermajority” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
supermajority is uncommon English at frequency #60,501 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌs(j)upɜɹməˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for supermajority, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From super- (“above, greater than”) + majority. The correct English form is supermajority, spelled S-U-P-E-R-M-A-J-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.
Etymology
From super- (“above, greater than”) + majority.
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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Using “supermajority”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-E-R-M-A-J-O-R-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌs(j)upɜɹməˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.