aphis

noun

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"aphis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“aphis” is uncommon English (frequency #73,863 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,863
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An aphid.

Corpus desk

Index EN-aphis · aphis · English

aphis · rank #73,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,863
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH antigenic

Nearest frequency peer: antigenic (-1 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 “aphis”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “aphis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aphis
PropertyValue
Headwordaphis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,863
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “aphis” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).aphisfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “antigenic” (#73,862), “Apia” (#73,864), “apoplexy” (#73,865). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “aphis” is #73,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aphis is uncommon English at frequency #73,863 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An aphid.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for aphis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid. The correct English form is aphis, spelled A-P-H-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    An aphid.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aphis"?
"aphis" is spelled A-P-H-I-S.
What does "aphis" mean?
As a noun, "aphis" means: An aphid.
What is the origin of the word "aphis"?
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aphis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arius#73,867aglow#73,847bando#73,883Baran#73,888

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list