fettuccine
/ˌfɛtəˈtʃiːni/
"fettuccine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fettuccine” is uncommon English (frequency #79,510 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,510
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fettuccine · fettuccine · English
fettuccine · rank #79,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,510
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fizzing
Nearest frequency peer: fizzing (+3 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 “fettuccine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- factoid
factoid
20,498 corpus weight
- fallibility
fallibility
20,497 corpus weight
- fettuccine
fettuccine
20,491 corpus weight
- fizzing
fizzing
20,488 corpus weight
- flanged
flanged
20,487 corpus weight
- flintlock
flintlock
20,486 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fettuccine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fettuccine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌfɛtəˈtʃiːni/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fettuccine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fettuccine is uncommon English at frequency #79,510 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌfɛtəˈtʃiːni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.".
fettuccine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian fettuccine, plural of fettuccina (literally “little ribbon”), diminutive of fettuccia, from fetta + -uccia. The correct English form is fettuccine, spelled F-E-T-T-U-C-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fettuccine, plural of fettuccina (literally “little ribbon”), diminutive of fettuccia, from fetta + -uccia.
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); 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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