Japonica
/d͡ʒəˈpɑn.ɪˌkə/
"japonica" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Japonica” is uncommon English (frequency #57,475 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,475
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A species of camellia (Camellia japonica), a native flower of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-japonica · Japonica · English
Japonica · rank #57,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,475
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Janey
Nearest frequency peer: Janey (-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 “Japonica”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jabbing
jabbing
42,529 corpus weight
- Jadeja
Jadeja
42,528 corpus weight
- Janey
Janey
42,527 corpus weight
- Japonica
Japonica
42,526 corpus weight
- jarl
jarl
42,525 corpus weight
- Jessa
Jessa
42,523 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Japonica” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Japonica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒəˈpɑn.ɪˌkə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Japonica” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Japonica is uncommon English at frequency #57,475 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /d͡ʒəˈpɑn.ɪˌkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A species of camellia (Camellia japonica), a native flower of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Japonica in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin iaponicus (“Japanese”), from Iaponia. The correct English form is Japonica, spelled J-A-P-O-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1A species of camellia (Camellia japonica), a native flower of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers.
Etymology
From New Latin iaponicus (“Japanese”), from Iaponia.
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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