cereus
"cereus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cereus” is uncommon English (frequency #87,125 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,125
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cereus · cereus · English
cereus · rank #87,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,125
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH centrism
Nearest frequency peer: centrism (-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 “cereus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- catacomb
catacomb
12,880 corpus weight
- centralism
centralism
12,878 corpus weight
- centrism
centrism
12,877 corpus weight
- cereus
cereus
12,876 corpus weight
- chambray
chambray
12,875 corpus weight
- Chania
Chania
12,874 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cereus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cereus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cereus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cereus is uncommon English at frequency #87,125 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.".
cereus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge. The correct English form is cereus, spelled C-E-R-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.
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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