albacore
/ˈæl.bə.koɹ/
"albacore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“albacore” is uncommon English (frequency #72,075 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,075
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-albacore · albacore · English
albacore · rank #72,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,075
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH allium
Nearest frequency peer: allium (+2 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 “albacore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- afterparty
afterparty
27,932 corpus weight
- afters
afters
27,931 corpus weight
- ahm
ahm
27,929 corpus weight
- albacore
albacore
27,926 corpus weight
- allium
allium
27,924 corpus weight
- amalgamate
amalgamate
27,923 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “albacore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albacore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæl.bə.koɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “albacore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
albacore is uncommon English at frequency #72,075 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæl.bə.koɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for albacore in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”). The correct English form is albacore, spelled A-L-B-A-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how albacore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.
Etymology
From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
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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