Gustavus
"gustavus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gustavus” is uncommon English (frequency #50,547 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,547
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Gustav.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gustavus · Gustavus · English
Gustavus · rank #50,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,547
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grouper
Nearest frequency peer: grouper (-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 “Gustavus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Grisham
Grisham
49,457 corpus weight
- Grosjean
Grosjean
49,456 corpus weight
- grouper
grouper
49,455 corpus weight
- Gustavus
Gustavus
49,454 corpus weight
- gyrus
gyrus
49,453 corpus weight
- hacksaw
hacksaw
49,452 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Gustavus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gustavus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Gustavus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Gustavus is uncommon English at frequency #50,547 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Gustav.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gustavus in our index, 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: Borrowed from Latin Gustavus. From Swedish Gustav. The correct English form is Gustavus, spelled G-U-S-T-A-V-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Gustav.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Gustavus. From Swedish Gustav.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).