Pascagoula
"pascagoula" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pascagoula” is uncommon English (frequency #80,745 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,745
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pascagoula · Pascagoula · English
Pascagoula · rank #80,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,745
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pecorino
Nearest frequency peer: pecorino (+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 “Pascagoula”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pantheism
pantheism
19,261 corpus weight
- parenchyma
parenchyma
19,258 corpus weight
- Pascagoula
Pascagoula
19,256 corpus weight
- pecorino
pecorino
19,255 corpus weight
- pericardial
pericardial
19,251 corpus weight
- permittivity
permittivity
19,250 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pascagoula” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pascagoula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pascagoula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pascagoula is uncommon English at frequency #80,745 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pascagoula, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Pascagoula people. The correct English form is Pascagoula, spelled P-A-S-C-A-G-O-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.
- 2A river in the state of Mississippi, which flows into Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico.
Etymology
From the Pascagoula people.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).