Famicom
"famicom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Famicom” is uncommon English (frequency #74,949 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,949
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).
Corpus desk
Index EN-famicom · Famicom · English
Famicom · rank #74,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,949
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH eviscerate
Nearest frequency peer: eviscerate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Famicom”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- eugh
eugh
25,057 corpus weight
- euthanize
euthanize
25,055 corpus weight
- eviscerate
eviscerate
25,054 corpus weight
- Famicom
Famicom
25,052 corpus weight
- Farkas
Farkas
25,050 corpus weight
- farsighted
farsighted
25,048 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Famicom” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Famicom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Famicom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Famicom is uncommon English at frequency #74,949 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Famicom in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese ファミコン (famikon), a syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirīkonpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from family + computer. The correct English form is Famicom, spelled F-A-M-I-C-O-M.
Definition
- 1A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ファミコン (famikon), a syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirīkonpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from family + computer.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Famicom", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.