globus
/ˈɡləʊbəs/
"globus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“globus” is uncommon English (frequency #68,256 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,256
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A spherical or nearly spherical structure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-globus · globus · English
globus · rank #68,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,256
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glioma
Nearest frequency peer: glioma (-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 “globus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gasquet
Gasquet
31,754 corpus weight
- gladiatorial
gladiatorial
31,747 corpus weight
- glioma
glioma
31,746 corpus weight
- globus
globus
31,745 corpus weight
- gooden
gooden
31,742 corpus weight
- gracilis
gracilis
31,739 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “globus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | globus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡləʊbəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “globus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
globus is uncommon English at frequency #68,256 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡləʊbəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for globus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob. The correct English form is globus, spelled G-L-O-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1A spherical or nearly spherical structure.
- 2A spherical or nearly spherical structure.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob.
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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