superscript
"superscript" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superscript” is uncommon English (frequency #75,460 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,460
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superscript |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “superscript” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
superscript is uncommon English at frequency #75,460 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.".
superscript doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script. The correct English form is superscript, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-C-R-I-P-T.
Definition
- 1A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.
Etymology
From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.
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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 “superscript”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-E-R-S-C-R-I-P-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.