Couric
"couric" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Couric” is uncommon English (frequency #65,014 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,014
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A unit of mass equal to approximately 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) that is used to measure the mass of fecal matter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Couric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Couric” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Couric is uncommon English at frequency #65,014 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of mass equal to approximately 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) that is used to measure the mass of fecal matter.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Couric in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after Katie Couric, and coined in the South Park episode “More Crap” in 2007. The correct English form is Couric, spelled C-O-U-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1A unit of mass equal to approximately 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms) that is used to measure the mass of fecal matter.
Etymology
Named after Katie Couric, and coined in the South Park episode “More Crap” in 2007.
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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Using “Couric”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-R-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.