gracilis
/ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/
"gracilis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gracilis” is uncommon English (frequency #68,262 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,262
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gracilis · gracilis · English
gracilis · rank #68,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,262
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gooden
Nearest frequency peer: gooden (-3 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 “gracilis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- globus
globus
31,745 corpus weight
- gooden
gooden
31,742 corpus weight
- gracilis
gracilis
31,739 corpus weight
- gratify
gratify
31,735 corpus weight
- grift
grift
31,734 corpus weight
- Grigory
Grigory
31,733 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gracilis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gracilis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gracilis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gracilis is uncommon English at frequency #68,262 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡras.ɪ.lɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gracilis 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile. The correct English form is gracilis, spelled G-R-A-C-I-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.
Etymology
From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.
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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