corpuscles

noun

"corpuscles" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“corpuscles” is uncommon English (frequency #97,972 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,972
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of corpuscle

Key facts for corpuscles
PropertyValue
Headwordcorpuscles
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “corpuscles” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). corpuscles lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corpuscles is uncommon English at frequency #97,972 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of corpuscle".

No misspelling variants are generated for corpuscles in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is corpuscles, spelled C-O-R-P-U-S-C-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of corpuscle

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corpuscles"?
"corpuscles" is spelled C-O-R-P-U-S-C-L-E-S.
What does "corpuscles" mean?
As a noun, "corpuscles" means: plural of corpuscle
What language does "corpuscles" come from?
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Using “corpuscles”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-P-U-S-C-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list