uglies

noun

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"uglies" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“uglies” is uncommon English (frequency #72,850 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,850
frequency rank, English
1,433
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ugliness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-uglies · uglies · English

uglies · rank #72,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,850
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tyrese

Nearest frequency peer: Tyrese (-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 “uglies”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for uglies
PropertyValue
Headworduglies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “uglies” 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).ugliesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Tyrese” (#72,849), “ultrasonography” (#72,851), “Uluru” (#72,852). Among 1,433 “U” headwords, “uglies” is #72,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

uglies is uncommon English at frequency #72,850 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ugliness.".

No misspelling variants are generated for uglies in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ugly + -s. The correct English form is uglies, spelled U-G-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ugliness.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how uglies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yet while the protection premise is solid, cellphone cases are often plagued with a bad case of the uglies.

Etymology

From ugly + -s.

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 "uglies"?
"uglies" is spelled U-G-L-I-E-S.
What does "uglies" mean?
As a noun, "uglies" means: Ugliness.
What is the origin of the word "uglies"?
From ugly + -s. 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 "uglies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tyrese#72,849Truong#72,844triune#72,843unfurl#72,859

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list