figural
/ˈfɪɡ(j)ʊɹəl/
"figural" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“figural” is uncommon English (frequency #74,959 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,959
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-figural · figural · English
figural · rank #74,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,959
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH fibrinogen
Nearest frequency peer: fibrinogen (-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 “figural”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- feria
feria
25,046 corpus weight
- Ferretti
Ferretti
25,045 corpus weight
- fibrinogen
fibrinogen
25,043 corpus weight
- figural
figural
25,042 corpus weight
- firebombing
firebombing
25,041 corpus weight
- fluidly
fluidly
25,037 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “figural” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figural |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɪɡ(j)ʊɹəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “figural” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
figural is uncommon English at frequency #74,959 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈfɪɡ(j)ʊɹəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for figural, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French figural, from late Latin figūrālis, from figūra (“figure”). The correct English form is figural, spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
- 2Figurative, not literal.
- 3Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.
- 4Pertaining to a figure, shape.
- 5Pertaining to (human) figures.
- 6Figurate.
Etymology
From Old French figural, from late Latin figūrālis, from figūra (“figure”).
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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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.