thick as champ
"thick-as-champ" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thick as champ” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thick-as-champ · thick as champ · English
thick as champ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thick as champ |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thick as champ” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thick as champ is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.".
No misspelling variants are generated for thick as champ in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: See champ (“Irish dish of potatoes”). The correct English form is thick as champ, spelled T-H-I-C-K- -A-S- -C-H-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.
Etymology
See champ (“Irish dish of potatoes”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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