cuticula
"cuticula" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cuticula” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cuticula · cuticula · English
cuticula · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuticula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cuticula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cuticula is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.".
cuticula doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle. The correct English form is cuticula, spelled C-U-T-I-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Etymology
From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.