suplex
/ˈsuplɛks/
"suplex" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suplex” is uncommon English (frequency #52,030 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,030
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up their opponent off the ground (or mat) and then, using a large portion of their own body weight, drives the opponent down on the mat by throwing them...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suplex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsuplɛks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suplex” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
suplex is uncommon English at frequency #52,030 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsuplɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up their opponent off the ground (or mat) and then, using a large portion of their own body weight, drives the opponent down on the mat by throwing them...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for suplex, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps related to the suplay of classical wrestling, if not further inspired by super; also see -ex. Another explanation could be from sub + plecto, (meaning essentially I turn, twist, combine, or "braid" from under) which could ultimately reduce into Engl… The correct English form is suplex, spelled S-U-P-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up their opponent off the ground (or mat) and then, using a large portion of their own body weight, drives the opponent down on the mat by throwing them over their center of gravity, usually arching their back.
Etymology
Perhaps related to the suplay of classical wrestling, if not further inspired by super; also see -ex. Another explanation could be from sub + plecto, (meaning essentially I turn, twist, combine, or "braid" from under) which could ultimately reduce into English as suplex due to it being a novel innovation.
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 “suplex”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-L-E-X - 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.