curvilinear
"curvilinear" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“curvilinear” is uncommon English (frequency #67,343 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,343
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-curvilinear · curvilinear · English
curvilinear · rank #67,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,343
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cush
Nearest frequency peer: cush (+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 “curvilinear”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crossbody
crossbody
32,662 corpus weight
- crystallogr…
crystallographic
32,660 corpus weight
- curvilinear
curvilinear
32,658 corpus weight
- cush
cush
32,657 corpus weight
- cytosol
cytosol
32,655 corpus weight
- daiquiri
daiquiri
32,653 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “curvilinear” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curvilinear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “curvilinear” in English
Rare enough to double-check
curvilinear is uncommon English at frequency #67,343 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for curvilinear, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear. The correct English form is curvilinear, spelled C-U-R-V-I-L-I-N-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
- 2Formed by curved lines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how curvilinear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone
In early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessels.
Etymology
From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).