fusiform
"fusiform" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fusiform” is uncommon English (frequency #73,210 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,210
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fusiform · fusiform · English
fusiform · rank #73,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,210
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH frittata
Nearest frequency peer: frittata (-2 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 “fusiform”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- freon
freon
26,798 corpus weight
- Friesland
Friesland
26,796 corpus weight
- frisson
frisson
26,794 corpus weight
- frittata
frittata
26,793 corpus weight
- fusiform
fusiform
26,791 corpus weight
- gastroenter…
gastroenterologist
26,785 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fusiform” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fusiform |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fusiform” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fusiform is uncommon English at frequency #73,210 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.".
fusiform has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform. The correct English form is fusiform, spelled F-U-S-I-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
Etymology
From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.
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 8 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.