medulla
/məˈdʌlə/
"medulla" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“medulla” is uncommon English (frequency #53,694 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,694
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-medulla · medulla · English
medulla · rank #53,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH medico
Nearest frequency peer: medico (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “medulla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McLellan
McLellan
46,310 corpus weight
- Meagher
Meagher
46,309 corpus weight
- medico
medico
46,308 corpus weight
- medulla
medulla
46,307 corpus weight
- meerkat
meerkat
46,306 corpus weight
- mesenchymal
mesenchymal
46,305 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “medulla” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medulla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈdʌlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “medulla” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
medulla is uncommon English at frequency #53,694 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /məˈdʌlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for medulla in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin medulla (“pith, marrow”), perhaps from medius (“middle”). The correct English form is medulla, spelled M-E-D-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
- 2The inner substance of various organs and structures, especially the marrow of bones.
- 3The medulla oblongata.
- 4The internal tissue of a plant.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medulla (“pith, marrow”), perhaps from medius (“middle”).
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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