Figueres
"figueres" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Figueres” is uncommon English (frequency #75,873 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,873
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-figueres · Figueres · English
Figueres · rank #75,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,873
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fiefs
Nearest frequency peer: fiefs (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Figueres”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Farwell
Farwell
24,132 corpus weight
- fiefs
fiefs
24,129 corpus weight
- Figueres
Figueres
24,128 corpus weight
- fiori
fiori
24,127 corpus weight
- flatware
flatware
24,125 corpus weight
- fluor
fluor
24,123 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Figueres” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Figueres |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Figueres” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Figueres is uncommon English at frequency #75,873 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain.".
Figueres has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Catalan Figueres. The correct English form is Figueres, spelled F-I-G-U-E-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1The capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain.
Etymology
From Catalan Figueres.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).