ocelot
/ˈɒsəlɒt/
"ocelot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ocelot” is uncommon English (frequency #63,853 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,853
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ocelot · ocelot · English
ocelot · rank #63,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,853
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH O'Shaughnessy
Nearest frequency peer: O'Shaughnessy (-2 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 “ocelot”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- NRW
NRW
36,153 corpus weight
- nymphomaniac
nymphomaniac
36,151 corpus weight
- O'Shaughnes…
O'Shaughnessy
36,150 corpus weight
- ocelot
ocelot
36,148 corpus weight
- Opals
Opals
36,144 corpus weight
- operatively
operatively
36,143 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ocelot” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocelot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒsəlɒt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ocelot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ocelot is uncommon English at frequency #63,853 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒsəlɒt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ocelot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”). The correct English form is ocelot, spelled O-C-E-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
Etymology
From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).
Synonyms
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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