supersymmetry

noun

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"supersymmetry" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“supersymmetry” is uncommon English (frequency #78,170 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,170
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.

Corpus desk

Index EN-supersymmetry · supersymmetry · English

supersymmetry · rank #78,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,170
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sunglass

Nearest frequency peer: sunglass (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “supersymmetry”

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Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for supersymmetry
PropertyValue
Headwordsupersymmetry
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#78,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “supersymmetry” in English

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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “sunglass” (#78,169), “suspender” (#78,171), “sugarman” (#78,168). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “supersymmetry” is #78,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

supersymmetry is uncommon English at frequency #78,170 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.".

supersymmetry doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess a… The correct English form is supersymmetry, spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how supersymmetry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We suggest therefore that the expression "super-symmetry" might be more appropriate for the global concept and reserve the word "gauge" for local symmetries.
  2. Supersymmetry is the concept that known particles – such as electrons, quarks and photons – have a heavier and as-yet-undetected "superpartner".

Etymology

From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino.

Synonyms

SUSY

This word in other languages

supersimetría(Español)supersymétrie(Français)Supersymmetrie(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supersymmetry"?
"supersymmetry" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-Y.
What does "supersymmetry" mean?
As a noun, "supersymmetry" means: A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.
What is the origin of the word "supersymmetry"?
From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Jul... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schematically#78,110psychodynamic#78,050prepositional#78,042authenticator#78,378

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list