Supremes

name

"supremes" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Supremes” is uncommon English (frequency #56,473 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,473
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-supremes · Supremes · English

Supremes · rank #56,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,473
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH swatting

Nearest frequency peer: swatting (+1 rank slots)

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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 “Supremes”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Supremes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Supremes
PropertyValue
HeadwordSupremes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Supremes” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Supremesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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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: “swatting” (#56,474), “sucre” (#56,471), “SWF” (#56,475). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Supremes” is #56,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Supremes is uncommon English at frequency #56,473 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Supremes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Supreme Court of the United States, by shortening, punning reference to The Supremes, a pop-music singing group. The correct English form is Supremes, spelled S-U-P-R-E-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Etymology

From Supreme Court of the United States, by shortening, punning reference to The Supremes, a pop-music singing group.

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 "Supremes"?
"Supremes" is spelled S-U-P-R-E-M-E-S.
What does "Supremes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Supremes" means: The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.
What is the origin of the word "Supremes"?
From Supreme Court of the United States, by shortening, punning reference to The Supremes, a pop-music singing group. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Supremes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list