cubist
"cubist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cubist” is uncommon English (frequency #59,311 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,311
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cubist · cubist · English
cubist · rank #59,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,311
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cubism
Nearest frequency peer: cubism (-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 “cubist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- croak
croak
40,694 corpus weight
- crowed
crowed
40,693 corpus weight
- cubism
cubism
40,691 corpus weight
- cubist
cubist
40,690 corpus weight
- cud
cud
40,689 corpus weight
- cyclonic
cyclonic
40,686 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cubist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cubist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cubist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cubist is uncommon English at frequency #59,311 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.".
cubist has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Cubist. The correct English form is cubist, spelled C-U-B-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cubist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They sat on cubist sofas in full evening dress and allowed us to hand them thimbles of cherry brandy and to talk to them about their poetry.
On the paper was traced the crude design of a human hand in red. “It looks like a hand,” he remarked. “But, if you say so, I’m quite prepared to admit that it’s a cubist picture of Sunset at the North Pole.”
Etymology
See Cubist.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).