Cetus
/ˈsiːtəs/
"cetus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cetus” is uncommon English (frequency #93,532 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,532
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cetus · Cetus · English
Cetus · rank #93,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,532
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cerrado
Nearest frequency peer: cerrado (-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 “Cetus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- caulker
caulker
6,475 corpus weight
- cerrado
cerrado
6,470 corpus weight
- Cetus
Cetus
6,469 corpus weight
- Channon
Channon
6,466 corpus weight
- chanteuse
chanteuse
6,465 corpus weight
- chaw
chaw
6,464 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cetus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cetus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːtəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cetus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cetus is uncommon English at frequency #93,532 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsiːtəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cetus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”). The correct English form is Cetus, spelled C-E-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.
Etymology
From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”).
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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