fascicule

noun

"fascicule" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fascicule” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An installment of a printed work, a fascicle.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fascicule · fascicule · English

fascicule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for fascicule
PropertyValue
Headwordfascicule
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fascicule” in English

fasciculeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fascicule is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

fascicule has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French fascicule, from Latin fasciculus. The correct English form is fascicule, spelled F-A-S-C-I-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An installment of a printed work, a fascicle.
  2. 2
    A bundle of nerve fibers; a fasciculus.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of fascicle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In Piers' hotel room at Avignon there was a ton of these fascicules, some of which I could even remember having heard him deliver in those far-off days.
  2. Perlia advocates, however, the assumption that the posterior longitudinal fascicule connecting the oculo-motor center with the medulla oblongata, […]

Etymology

From French fascicule, from Latin fasciculus.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fascicule"?
"fascicule" is spelled F-A-S-C-I-C-U-L-E.
What does "fascicule" mean?
As a noun, "fascicule" means: An installment of a printed work, a fascicle.
What is the origin of the word "fascicule"?
From French fascicule, from Latin fasciculus. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list