pembina
"pembina" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pembina” is uncommon English (frequency #75,281 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,281
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Squashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
Corpus desk
Index EN-pembina · pembina · English
pembina · rank #75,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,281
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peptic
Nearest frequency peer: peptic (+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 “pembina”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pawnshop
pawnshop
24,724 corpus weight
- peary
peary
24,722 corpus weight
- pembina
pembina
24,720 corpus weight
- peptic
peptic
24,719 corpus weight
- perineum
perineum
24,718 corpus weight
- perovskite
perovskite
24,716 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pembina” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pembina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pembina” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pembina is uncommon English at frequency #75,281 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pembina in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Likely from Canadian French pembina, pimbina, from Cree nîpiminâna or Ojibwe niibiminaa, an earlier form of aniibimin (“high-bush cranberry”). The correct English form is pembina, spelled P-E-M-B-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Squashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
- 2One of the edible berries of this plant, from which jam may be produced.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pembina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And so, from that time, whenever a woman went out to gather June berries or wild cherries, or raspberries, or wild plums or pembinas or tipsin, or wild rice; or to their cultivated fields to gather corn or beans, she was not obliged to carry the load home.
Etymology
Likely from Canadian French pembina, pimbina, from Cree nîpiminâna or Ojibwe niibiminaa, an earlier form of aniibimin (“high-bush cranberry”).
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).