arcuate
"arcuate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arcuate” is uncommon English (frequency #71,283 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,283
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - curved into the shape of a bow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arcuate · arcuate · English
arcuate · rank #71,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,283
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arai
Nearest frequency peer: Arai (-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 “arcuate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- angriest
angriest
28,723 corpus weight
- antisense
antisense
28,722 corpus weight
- Arai
Arai
28,719 corpus weight
- arcuate
arcuate
28,718 corpus weight
- armbar
armbar
28,714 corpus weight
- Armidale
Armidale
28,713 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arcuate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arcuate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arcuate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arcuate is uncommon English at frequency #71,283 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "curved into the shape of a bow.".
arcuate has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin arcuātus. The correct English form is arcuate, spelled A-R-C-U-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1curved into the shape of a bow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arcuate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
arcuate stalks
The cause of the confusion in sounds, and the inconfusion in species visible, is, for that the sight worketh in right lines, and so there can be no coincidence in the eye; but sounds that move in oblique and arcuate lines, must needs encounter and disturb the one the other.
Etymology
From Latin arcuātus.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).