acarus
/ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/
"acarus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acarus” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acarus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acarus” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for acarus is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/. 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: "Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for acarus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from translingual Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”). The correct English form is acarus, spelled A-C-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from translingual Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”).
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.
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Using “acarus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-A-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.