whippet
"whippet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whippet” is uncommon English (frequency #71,218 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,218
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whippet · whippet · English
whippet · rank #71,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,218
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whois
Nearest frequency peer: whois (+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 “whippet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Welwyn
Welwyn
28,786 corpus weight
- whippet
whippet
28,783 corpus weight
- whois
whois
28,782 corpus weight
- whorehouse
whorehouse
28,781 corpus weight
- Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
28,779 corpus weight
- wilk
wilk
28,778 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “whippet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whippet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whippet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whippet is uncommon English at frequency #71,218 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for whippet, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from whip (“to move quickly”) + -et. The correct English form is whippet, spelled W-H-I-P-P-E-T.
Definition
- 1A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.
Etymology
Probably from whip (“to move quickly”) + -et.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).