whomperjawed
/wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/
"whomperjawed" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whomperjawed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whomperjawed · whomperjawed · English
whomperjawed · 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 "W" 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 | whomperjawed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whomperjawed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whomperjawed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for whomperjawed, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825). The correct English form is whomperjawed, spelled W-H-O-M-P-E-R-J-A-W-E-D.
Definition
- 1Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whomperjawed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The pending bill as it stands presents another whomper-jawed, lopsided, cross-eyed picture.
Honestly, I felt pretty wolfish that time. I didn’t have a thing to defend myself with but my fist. But I was much of a man, and he was a little gangling, bandy-legged, whomper-jawed, worthless specimen of humanity.
Etymology
Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825).
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.