basketry
"basketry" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“basketry” is uncommon English (frequency #91,271 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,271
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
Corpus desk
Index EN-basketry · basketry · English
basketry · rank #91,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,271
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH basa
Nearest frequency peer: basa (-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 “basketry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Barcroft
Barcroft
8,734 corpus weight
- basa
basa
8,731 corpus weight
- basketry
basketry
8,730 corpus weight
- Batesville
Batesville
8,728 corpus weight
- bathymetric
bathymetric
8,727 corpus weight
- Battersby
Battersby
8,725 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “basketry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basketry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “basketry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
basketry is uncommon English at frequency #91,271 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for basketry in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From basket + -ry. The correct English form is basketry, spelled B-A-S-K-E-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
- 2Baskets collectively.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how basketry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.
Etymology
From basket + -ry.
Synonyms
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).