allspice
"allspice" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“allspice” is uncommon English (frequency #68,814 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,814
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-allspice · allspice · English
allspice · rank #68,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,814
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alby
Nearest frequency peer: Alby (-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 “allspice”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ainu
Ainu
31,193 corpus weight
- aircon
aircon
31,192 corpus weight
- Alby
Alby
31,189 corpus weight
- allspice
allspice
31,187 corpus weight
- amyloidosis
amyloidosis
31,182 corpus weight
- androgyny
androgyny
31,181 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “allspice” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allspice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “allspice” in English
Rare enough to double-check
allspice is uncommon English at frequency #68,814 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
allspice has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices. The correct English form is allspice, spelled A-L-L-S-P-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- 2Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
Etymology
From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.
Synonyms
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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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