underclothes
"underclothes" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“underclothes” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - clothes worn next to the skin and underneath outer clothing
Corpus desk
Index EN-underclothes · underclothes · English
underclothes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | underclothes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “underclothes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
underclothes is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "clothes worn next to the skin and underneath outer clothing".
underclothes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 under + clothes. The correct English form is underclothes, spelled U-N-D-E-R-C-L-O-T-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1clothes worn next to the skin and underneath outer clothing
Etymology
From under + clothes.
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.