cacuminal
/kəˈkjuːmənəl/
"cacuminal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cacuminal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cacuminal · cacuminal · English
cacuminal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacuminal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈkjuːmənəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cacuminal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cacuminal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈkjuːmənəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacuminal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al. The correct English form is cacuminal, spelled C-A-C-U-M-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
- 2Pronounced using a concave or retroflexed tongue; occasionally palatal sounds more generally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacuminal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1942, George Leonard Trager, Studies in Linguistics, Volumes 1-7, page 52, /L/ and /N/, slightly more cacuminal than the alveolar series, are very rare, and occur only in word-final position.
The cacuminal s is produced by raising the tongue-tip to a point behind the alveoli, with a concavity in its upper surface;
Etymology
From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.