cottontail
/ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/
"cottontail" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cottontail” is uncommon English (frequency #79,416 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,416
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cottontail · cottontail · English
cottontail · rank #79,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,416
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH corruptible
Nearest frequency peer: corruptible (-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 “cottontail”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corniche
corniche
20,589 corpus weight
- corruptible
corruptible
20,587 corpus weight
- cottontail
cottontail
20,585 corpus weight
- counterbala…
counterbalanced
20,583 corpus weight
- cowhide
cowhide
20,582 corpus weight
- creaks
creaks
20,581 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cottontail” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cottontail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cottontail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cottontail is uncommon English at frequency #79,416 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cottontail in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cotton + tail. The correct English form is cottontail, spelled C-O-T-T-O-N-T-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
- 2A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.
Etymology
From cotton + tail.
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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