attune
/əˈtjuːn/
"attune" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“attune” is uncommon English (frequency #97,812 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,812
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To bring into musical accord.
Corpus desk
Index EN-attune · attune · English
attune · rank #97,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aube
Nearest frequency peer: aube (+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 “attune”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Asem
Asem
2,194 corpus weight
- Aspinwall
Aspinwall
2,193 corpus weight
- attune
attune
2,189 corpus weight
- aube
aube
2,188 corpus weight
- AWI
AWI
2,186 corpus weight
- bacc
bacc
2,184 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “attune” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attune |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈtjuːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “attune” in English
Rare enough to double-check
attune is uncommon English at frequency #97,812 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈtjuːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
attune doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ad- + tune. The correct English form is attune, spelled A-T-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1To bring into musical accord.
- 2To tune (an instrument).
- 3To bring into harmony or accord.
- 4To fill with music.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.
Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed? / Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, / And spring shall soon her vital influence shed, / Again attune the grove, […]
Etymology
From ad- + tune.
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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