pedicle
/ˈpɛd.ɪ.kəl/
"pedicle" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pedicle” is uncommon English (frequency #88,698 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,698
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pedicle · pedicle · English
pedicle · rank #88,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,698
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peanutbutter
Nearest frequency peer: peanutbutter (-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 “pedicle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pataki
Pataki
11,308 corpus weight
- paver
paver
11,306 corpus weight
- pawpaw
pawpaw
11,305 corpus weight
- peanutbutter
peanutbutter
11,304 corpus weight
- pedicle
pedicle
11,303 corpus weight
- Peretti
Peretti
11,298 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pedicle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedicle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛd.ɪ.kəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pedicle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pedicle is uncommon English at frequency #88,698 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɛd.ɪ.kəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pedicle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs. The correct English form is pedicle, spelled P-E-D-I-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.
- 2The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- 3A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue
- 4pedicel (any sense)
- 5peduncle (any sense)
- 6Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.
- 7A fetter for the foot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pedicle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A species of shell-fish, often found sticking by its pedicle to the bottom of ships, doing no other injury than deadening the way a little: "Barnacles, termed soland geese In th' islands of the Orcades."
His long, rakish horns are mounted on a pedicle that extends above his head, thus accentuating the droll length of his features.
Etymology
From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).