articular
"articular" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“articular” is uncommon English (frequency #52,782 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,782
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-articular · articular · English
articular · rank #52,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,782
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arthurian
Nearest frequency peer: Arthurian (-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 “articular”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- archon
archon
47,223 corpus weight
- arrondissem…
arrondissement
47,221 corpus weight
- Arthurian
Arthurian
47,220 corpus weight
- articular
articular
47,219 corpus weight
- asylums
asylums
47,217 corpus weight
- avarice
avarice
47,216 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “articular” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | articular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “articular” in English
Rare enough to double-check
articular is uncommon English at frequency #52,782 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for articular in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin articularis. By surface analysis, article + -ar. The correct English form is articular, spelled A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
- 2Of or relating to the grammatical article.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how articular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an articular disease; an articular process
Etymology
From Latin articularis. By surface analysis, article + -ar.
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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