octavo
"octavo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“octavo” is uncommon English (frequency #66,154 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,154
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the...
Corpus desk
Index EN-octavo · octavo · English
octavo · rank #66,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,154
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH Ocampo
Nearest frequency peer: Ocampo (-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 “octavo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nup
nup
33,852 corpus weight
- obscenely
obscenely
33,849 corpus weight
- Ocampo
Ocampo
33,848 corpus weight
- octavo
octavo
33,847 corpus weight
- octo
octo
33,846 corpus weight
- onlooker
onlooker
33,841 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “octavo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | octavo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “octavo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
octavo is uncommon English at frequency #66,154 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
octavo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin octavo. Doublet of octave, oitava, and ochava. The correct English form is octavo, spelled O-C-T-A-V-O.
Definition
- 1A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- 2A book of octavo pages.
Etymology
From Latin octavo. Doublet of octave, oitava, and ochava.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.