cygnet
/ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/
"cygnet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cygnet” is uncommon English (frequency #97,989 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,989
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The young of a swan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cygnet · cygnet · English
cygnet · rank #97,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,989
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Dacey
Nearest frequency peer: Dacey (+2 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 “cygnet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cryotherapy
cryotherapy
2,017 corpus weight
- cunty
cunty
2,015 corpus weight
- cygnet
cygnet
2,012 corpus weight
- Dacey
Dacey
2,010 corpus weight
- dago
dago
2,009 corpus weight
- Dair
Dair
2,008 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cygnet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cygnet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cygnet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cygnet is uncommon English at frequency #97,989 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The young of a swan.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cygnet in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”). The correct English form is cygnet, spelled C-Y-G-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1The young of a swan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cygnet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.
Etymology
From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Synonyms
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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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