tuppence worth
"tuppence-worth" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuppence worth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tuppence-worth · tuppence worth · English
tuppence worth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuppence worth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tuppence worth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tuppence worth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tuppence worth in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is tuppence worth, spelled T-U-P-P-E-N-C-E- -W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1Two pennies' worth; goods or services with a value of two pennies.
- 2One's opinion or thoughts.
- 3A small amount.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tuppence worth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I bought a tuppence worth of humbugs
That's just my tuppenceworth; you can believe what you like.
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.