datura
"datura" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“datura” is uncommon English (frequency #79,434 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,434
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.
Corpus desk
Index EN-datura · datura · English
datura · rank #79,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,434
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Daman
Nearest frequency peer: Daman (-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 “datura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Curragh
Curragh
20,571 corpus weight
- dacha
dacha
20,570 corpus weight
- Daman
Daman
20,568 corpus weight
- datura
datura
20,567 corpus weight
- Davila
Davila
20,566 corpus weight
- deeps
deeps
20,564 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “datura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | datura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “datura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
datura is uncommon English at frequency #79,434 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for datura, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is datura, spelled D-A-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how datura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Garcias ab Horto [...] makes mention of an herb called datura, “which, if it be eaten for twenty-four hours following, takes away all sense of grief, makes them incline to laughter and mirth” [...].
"Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
Etymology
From the genus name.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).