upfield
"upfield" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“upfield” is uncommon English (frequency #79,163 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,163
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Towards the upper part of a field.
Corpus desk
Index EN-upfield · upfield · English
upfield · rank #79,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,163
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unsuspected
Nearest frequency peer: unsuspected (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “upfield”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- UNFPA
UNFPA
20,842 corpus weight
- unmanaged
unmanaged
20,841 corpus weight
- unsourced
unsourced
20,840 corpus weight
- unsuspected
unsuspected
20,839 corpus weight
- upfield
upfield
20,838 corpus weight
- vay
vay
20,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “upfield” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | upfield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “upfield” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
upfield is uncommon English at frequency #79,163 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for upfield in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From up- + field. The correct English form is upfield, spelled U-P-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Towards the upper part of a field.
- 2Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.
- 3Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how upfield appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Henderson, beginning a mini-run in the team with David de Gea on paternity leave, threw out to the left flank and Shaw had only one thought – to rumble upfield.
Etymology
From up- + field.
Antonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.