world champion

noun

"world-champion" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“world champion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The winner of a world cup or world championship.

Corpus desk

Index EN-world-champion · world champion · English

world champion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for world champion
PropertyValue
Headwordworld champion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “world champion” in English

world championfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

world champion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The winner of a world cup or world championship.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for world champion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is world champion, spelled W-O-R-L-D- -C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The winner of a world cup or world championship.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how world champion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "world champion"?
"world champion" is spelled W-O-R-L-D- -C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N.
What does "world champion" mean?
As a noun, "world champion" means: The winner of a world cup or world championship.
What language does "world champion" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list