Paducah
/pəˈduːkə/
"paducah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paducah” is uncommon English (frequency #51,301 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,301
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Comanche tribe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paducah · Paducah · English
Paducah · rank #51,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,301
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PDC
Nearest frequency peer: PDC (+5 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 “Paducah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- optometrist
optometrist
48,708 corpus weight
- Orestes
Orestes
48,706 corpus weight
- Paducah
Paducah
48,700 corpus weight
- PDC
PDC
48,695 corpus weight
- peeves
peeves
48,694 corpus weight
- pelted
pelted
48,693 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Paducah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paducah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pəˈduːkə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Paducah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Paducah is uncommon English at frequency #51,301 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pəˈduːkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Paducah in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádoⁿka (“Comanche”). The correct English form is Paducah, spelled P-A-D-U-C-A-H.
Definition
- 1The Comanche tribe.
- 2A city, the county seat of McCracken County, in western Kentucky, named for the Comanches.
- 3A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.
Etymology
From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádoⁿka (“Comanche”).
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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