cubit
/ˈkjuː.bɪt/
"cubit" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cubit” is uncommon English (frequency #87,175 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,175
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cubit · cubit · English
cubit · rank #87,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,175
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cubano
Nearest frequency peer: Cubano (-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 “cubit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coronas
coronas
12,834 corpus weight
- corroding
corroding
12,832 corpus weight
- cryopreserv…
cryopreservation
12,828 corpus weight
- Cubano
Cubano
12,827 corpus weight
- cubit
cubit
12,826 corpus weight
- cully
cully
12,822 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cubit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cubit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkjuː.bɪt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cubit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cubit is uncommon English at frequency #87,175 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkjuː.bɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cubit has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo. The correct English form is cubit, spelled C-U-B-I-T.
Definition
- 1The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- 2Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
- 3Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cubit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Etymology
From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo.
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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