incisor
/ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
"incisor" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incisor” is uncommon English (frequency #73,293 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,293
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incisor · incisor · English
incisor · rank #73,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,293
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impoundment
Nearest frequency peer: impoundment (-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 “incisor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- immunofluor…
immunofluorescence
26,711 corpus weight
- impale
impale
26,710 corpus weight
- impoundment
impoundment
26,709 corpus weight
- incisor
incisor
26,708 corpus weight
- incredulous…
incredulously
26,707 corpus weight
- infanta
infanta
26,706 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incisor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incisor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incisor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incisor is uncommon English at frequency #73,293 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incisor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix). The correct English form is incisor, spelled I-N-C-I-S-O-R.
Definition
- 1A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.
Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).
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.
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