coruscant
/kəˈɹʌskənt/
"coruscant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coruscant” is uncommon English (frequency #73,088 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,088
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coruscant · coruscant · English
coruscant · rank #73,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,088
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH counteroffens…
Nearest frequency peer: counteroffensive (+2 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 “coruscant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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colostrum
26,920 corpus weight
- comedienne
comedienne
26,919 corpus weight
- conquistador
conquistador
26,916 corpus weight
- coruscant
coruscant
26,913 corpus weight
- counteroffe…
counteroffensive
26,911 corpus weight
- crip
crip
26,909 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “coruscant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coruscant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈɹʌskənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coruscant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coruscant is uncommon English at frequency #73,088 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈɹʌskənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Emitting flashes of light; glittering.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coruscant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 coruscāns (“glittering”), present participle of coruscō. The correct English form is coruscant, spelled C-O-R-U-S-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coruscant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It had not the unbearable glory of the skies of the Central Worlds, where star elbowed star in such blinding competition that the black of night was nearly lost in a coruscant explosion of light.
Etymology
From Latin coruscāns (“glittering”), present participle of coruscō.
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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