supes
"supes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supes” is uncommon English (frequency #93,206 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,206
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - super; extremely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supes · supes · English
supes · rank #93,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,206
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH superstardom
Nearest frequency peer: superstardom (-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 “supes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sunningdale
Sunningdale
6,799 corpus weight
- sunray
sunray
6,798 corpus weight
- superstardom
superstardom
6,796 corpus weight
- supes
supes
6,795 corpus weight
- Suwannee
Suwannee
6,794 corpus weight
- Swedenborg
Swedenborg
6,790 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “supes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “supes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
supes is uncommon English at frequency #93,206 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "super; extremely.".
supes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of super + -s (hypocoristic suffix). The correct English form is supes, spelled S-U-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1super; extremely.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Supes Awesome. Dating advice from the clown who'd put baby powder in my blow-dryer, frozen marbles in my bed, and still regularly strung plastic wrap across the doorway.
It's supes boring here.
Etymology
Clipping of super + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
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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