wetsuit
/ˈwɛtˌs(j)ut/
"wetsuit" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wetsuit” is uncommon English (frequency #50,317 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,317
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wetsuit · wetsuit · English
wetsuit · rank #50,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,317
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whitten
Nearest frequency peer: whitten (+2 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 “wetsuit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Voorhees
Voorhees
49,689 corpus weight
- votive
votive
49,688 corpus weight
- wetsuit
wetsuit
49,684 corpus weight
- whitten
whitten
49,682 corpus weight
- Wicklow
Wicklow
49,681 corpus weight
- wilding
wilding
49,680 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wetsuit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wetsuit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛtˌs(j)ut/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wetsuit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wetsuit is uncommon English at frequency #50,317 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɛtˌs(j)ut/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.".
Zero misspellings are on record for wetsuit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wet + suit. The correct English form is wetsuit, spelled W-E-T-S-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.
Etymology
From wet + suit.
This word in other languages
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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