culex
/ˈkjuː.lɛks/
"culex" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“culex” is uncommon English (frequency #85,144 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,144
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-culex · culex · English
culex · rank #85,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,144
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cultist
Nearest frequency peer: cultist (+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 “culex”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- croaker
croaker
14,863 corpus weight
- crosser
crosser
14,862 corpus weight
- cuffing
cuffing
14,859 corpus weight
- culex
culex
14,857 corpus weight
- cultist
cultist
14,856 corpus weight
- cyclamen
cyclamen
14,855 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “culex” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkjuː.lɛks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “culex” in English
Rare enough to double-check
culex is uncommon English at frequency #85,144 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkjuː.lɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for culex, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”). The correct English form is culex, spelled C-U-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
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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