ecce
/ˈɛksi/
"ecce" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ecce” is uncommon English (frequency #76,743 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,743
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
Corpus desk
Index EN-ecce · ecce · English
ecce · rank #76,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,743
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastham
Nearest frequency peer: Eastham (-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 “ecce”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dupre
Dupre
23,263 corpus weight
- dut
dut
23,262 corpus weight
- earwax
earwax
23,261 corpus weight
- Eastham
Eastham
23,260 corpus weight
- ecce
ecce
23,258 corpus weight
- eightfold
eightfold
23,254 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ecce” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecce |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈɛksi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ecce” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ecce is uncommon English at frequency #76,743 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈɛksi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ecce in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin ecce. The correct English form is ecce, spelled E-C-C-E.
Definition
- 1an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ecce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
DEAR SIR, — Ecce my notes on the sermon.
Ecce the rise of literature in the modern vernaculars, even the mother tongue
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ecce.
Synonyms
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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