supersaturated

adj

"supersaturated" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“supersaturated” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - More concentrated than is normally possible.

Corpus desk

Index EN-supersaturated · supersaturated · English

supersaturated · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for supersaturated
PropertyValue
Headwordsupersaturated
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “supersaturated” in English

supersaturatedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

supersaturated is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

supersaturated has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + saturated. The correct English form is supersaturated, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-A-T-U-R-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    More concentrated than is normally possible.
  2. 2
    Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible.

Etymology

From super- + saturated.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supersaturated"?
"supersaturated" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-A-T-U-R-A-T-E-D.
What does "supersaturated" mean?
As an adjective, "supersaturated" means: More concentrated than is normally possible.
What is the origin of the word "supersaturated"?
From super- + saturated. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list