Defra
"defra" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Defra” is uncommon English (frequency #62,831 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,831
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-defra · Defra · English
Defra · rank #62,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,831
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deeded
Nearest frequency peer: deeded (-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 “Defra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deceives
deceives
37,174 corpus weight
- decimation
decimation
37,173 corpus weight
- deeded
deeded
37,171 corpus weight
- Defra
Defra
37,170 corpus weight
- deluding
deluding
37,169 corpus weight
- detainment
detainment
37,166 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Defra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Defra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Defra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Defra is uncommon English at frequency #62,831 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.".
Defra has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Defra, spelled D-E-F-R-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Defra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For Defra, funding for flood defences and disease prevention are likely to be protected.
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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