upvotes
"upvotes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“upvotes” is uncommon English (frequency #86,902 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,902
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of upvote
Corpus desk
Index EN-upvotes · upvotes · English
upvotes · rank #86,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,902
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH upregulation
Nearest frequency peer: upregulation (-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 “upvotes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unsubsidized
unsubsidized
13,104 corpus weight
- untrusted
untrusted
13,103 corpus weight
- unverifiable
unverifiable
13,102 corpus weight
- upregulation
upregulation
13,100 corpus weight
- upvotes
upvotes
13,099 corpus weight
- USFWS
USFWS
13,096 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “upvotes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | upvotes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “upvotes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
upvotes is uncommon English at frequency #86,902 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of upvote".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for upvotes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is upvotes, spelled U-P-V-O-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of upvote
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how upvotes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...and upvotes for something they've submitted contribute to their reputations.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).