catshark
"catshark" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catshark” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
Corpus desk
Index EN-catshark · catshark · English
catshark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | catshark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catshark” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catshark is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for catshark in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cat + shark. The correct English form is catshark, spelled C-A-T-S-H-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- 2A deepwater catshark (any of family Pentanchidae).
- 3A coloured catshark (any of family Atelomycteridae).
- 4Any of several sharks of the family Pseudotriakidae.
- 5A finback catshark (any of the family Proscylliidae).
Etymology
From cat + shark.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.