Olmec
/ˈɒlmɛk/
"olmec" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Olmec” is uncommon English (frequency #86,594 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,594
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Corpus desk
Index EN-olmec · Olmec · English
Olmec · rank #86,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,594
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Olmos
Nearest frequency peer: Olmos (+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 “Olmec”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- officious
officious
13,412 corpus weight
- oga
oga
13,411 corpus weight
- Olmec
Olmec
13,407 corpus weight
- Olmos
Olmos
13,406 corpus weight
- oppositely
oppositely
13,403 corpus weight
- orogeny
orogeny
13,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Olmec” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Olmec |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒlmɛk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Olmec” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Olmec is uncommon English at frequency #86,594 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒlmɛk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Olmec in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Nahuatl, meaning rubber lineage (compare Nahuatl olli (“rubber”)). The correct English form is Olmec, spelled O-L-M-E-C.
Definition
- 1A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Etymology
From Nahuatl, meaning rubber lineage (compare Nahuatl olli (“rubber”)).
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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