arbutus
"arbutus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arbutus” is uncommon English (frequency #83,975 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,975
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arbutus · arbutus · English
arbutus · rank #83,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,202
- PHOTO-FINISH Apennines
Nearest frequency peer: Apennines (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “arbutus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- anticonvuls…
anticonvulsant
16,030 corpus weight
- Apennines
Apennines
16,028 corpus weight
- arbutus
arbutus
16,026 corpus weight
- Arcturus
Arcturus
16,023 corpus weight
- arithmetical
arithmetical
16,022 corpus weight
- Arminian
Arminian
16,021 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “arbutus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbutus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arbutus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arbutus is uncommon English at frequency #83,975 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
arbutus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Arbutus, from Latin arbutus. The correct English form is arbutus, spelled A-R-B-U-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree.
- 2Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus.
- 3Arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree.
Etymology
From translingual Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arbutus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.