whomperjawed
/wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/
"whomperjawed" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whomperjawed” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.
| 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) |
Where “whomperjawed” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for whomperjawed is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “whomperjawed”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-O-M-P-E-R-J-A-W-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.