cutaneous
/kjuːˈteɪniəs/
"cutaneous" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutaneous” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,451
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cutaneous · cutaneous · English
cutaneous · rank #34,451 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,451
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH d4
Nearest frequency peer: d4 (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cutaneous”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Coptic
Coptic
65,553 corpus weight
- cutaneous
cutaneous
65,550 corpus weight
- d4
d4
65,549 corpus weight
- Daenerys
Daenerys
65,548 corpus weight
- dahlia
dahlia
65,547 corpus weight
- Dalit
Dalit
65,546 corpus weight
What this shows “cutaneous” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutaneous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kjuːˈteɪniəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cutaneous”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cutaneous (IPA /kjuːˈteɪniəs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,451 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cutaneous, with forms such as "ccutaneous", "ctuaneous", and "cuatneous". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”). The correct English form is cutaneous, spelled C-U-T-A-N-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cutaneous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: epidermal, epidermo-
But during the hot fit the cutaneous absorbents act also with increased energy, and the exhalation is likewise increased by the greater heat of the skin; and hence it does not appear in drops on the surface, but is in part reabsorbed, and in part dissipated in the atmosphere. But as the mouths of the cutaneous absorbents are exposed to the cool air or bed…
Etymology
From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccutaneous
- ctuaneous
- cuatneous
- cutaenous
- cutaneosu
- cutaneouss
- cutaneuos
- cutanneous
- cutanoeus
- cutnaeous
- cuttaneous
- uctaneous
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cutaneous - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cutaneous", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).