ficus
/ˈfaɪkəs/
"ficus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ficus” is uncommon English (frequency #58,024 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,024
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ficus · ficus · English
ficus · rank #58,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,024
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH festa
Nearest frequency peer: festa (-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 “ficus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ferrier
ferrier
41,980 corpus weight
- festa
festa
41,978 corpus weight
- ficus
ficus
41,977 corpus weight
- fieldhouse
fieldhouse
41,976 corpus weight
- Fieri
Fieri
41,975 corpus weight
- fils
fils
41,974 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ficus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ficus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪkəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ficus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ficus is uncommon English at frequency #58,024 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaɪkəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ficus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”). The correct English form is ficus, spelled F-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”).
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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 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.