paucal
/ˈpɔːkəl/
"paucal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paucal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paucal · paucal · English
paucal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paucal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɔːkəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paucal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paucal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɔːkəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for paucal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin paucālis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural paucī (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis. The correct English form is paucal, spelled P-A-U-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
- 2Pertaining to a language form referring to a few or a couple of something (typically three to around ten), e.g. a small group of people.
- 3Expressing a relatively small quantity or degree.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paucal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
first-person paucal
paucal number
Etymology
From Latin paucālis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural paucī (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -ālis.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.