panicum
"panicum" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“panicum” is uncommon English (frequency #97,412 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,412
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-panicum · panicum · English
panicum · rank #97,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,412
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH panadol
Nearest frequency peer: panadol (-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 “panicum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- palmitate
palmitate
2,593 corpus weight
- palooza
palooza
2,592 corpus weight
- panadol
panadol
2,590 corpus weight
- panicum
panicum
2,589 corpus weight
- Parmigiano
Parmigiano
2,586 corpus weight
- paroxetine
paroxetine
2,585 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “panicum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panicum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “panicum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
panicum is uncommon English at frequency #97,412 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for panicum, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”). The correct English form is panicum, spelled P-A-N-I-C-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how panicum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And his property might remind someone of the dunes of the East End of Long Island: nine acres of artfully placed native grasses like panicum and schizachyrium and meadow plants like rudbeckia and asters.
Etymology
From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).
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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