Paiute
"paiute" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paiute” is uncommon English (frequency #81,675 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,675
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada,...
Corpus desk
Index EN-paiute · Paiute · English
Paiute · rank #81,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,675
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH padlocked
Nearest frequency peer: padlocked (-2 rank slots)
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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 “Paiute”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paca
paca
18,330 corpus weight
- padlocked
padlocked
18,328 corpus weight
- Paiute
Paiute
18,326 corpus weight
- palanquin
palanquin
18,324 corpus weight
- Palumbo
Palumbo
18,322 corpus weight
- Pandavas
Pandavas
18,321 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Paiute” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paiute |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Paiute” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Paiute is uncommon English at frequency #81,675 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada,...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Paiute in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”). The correct English form is Paiute, spelled P-A-I-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any member of two related groups of North American aboriginal peoples: the Northern Paiute of California, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.
Etymology
From Spanish payuchi, payuta, compare Spanish yuta (“Ute”).
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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