arnica
"arnica" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arnica” is uncommon English (frequency #80,201 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,201
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arnica · arnica · English
arnica · rank #80,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,201
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH assemblywoman
Nearest frequency peer: assemblywoman (+3 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 “arnica”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Apus
Apus
19,806 corpus weight
- Aras
Aras
19,805 corpus weight
- Arecibo
Arecibo
19,804 corpus weight
- arnica
arnica
19,800 corpus weight
- assemblywom…
assemblywoman
19,797 corpus weight
- assignable
assignable
19,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arnica” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arnica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arnica” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arnica is uncommon English at frequency #80,201 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arnica, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Arnica. The correct English form is arnica, spelled A-R-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arnica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His only remark was, "There's some new stuff, cuticura or something, which is better than arnica." Some people have such extraordinary notions of humor.
Etymology
From translingual Arnica.
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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