domus

noun

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"domus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“domus” is uncommon English (frequency #70,613 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,613
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.

Corpus desk

Index EN-domus · domus · English

domus · rank #70,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,613
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH domina

Nearest frequency peer: domina (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “domus”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “domus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for domus
PropertyValue
Headworddomus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “domus” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).domus lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

domus is uncommon English at frequency #70,613 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for domus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin domus. Doublet of dome and duomo. The correct English form is domus, spelled D-O-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
  2. 2
    In the UK a college (or collectively its fellows) in Cambridge or Oxford.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how domus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The domus was a unique and unprecedented concentration of tilled fields, seed and graain stores, people, and domestic animals, all coevolving with consequences no one could possibly have foreseen.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin domus. Doublet of dome and duomo.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "domus"?
"domus" is spelled D-O-M-U-S.
What does "domus" mean?
As a noun, "domus" means: A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
What is the origin of the word "domus"?
Borrowed from Latin domus. Doublet of dome and duomo. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "domus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doyen#70,615dolor#70,610Dando#70,597cronk#70,586

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list