physic finger
"physic-finger" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“physic finger” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ring finger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-physic-finger · physic finger · English
physic finger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | physic finger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “physic finger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
physic finger is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ring finger.".
physic finger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of the Latin digitus medicus. The correct English form is physic finger, spelled P-H-Y-S-I-C- -F-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1The ring finger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how physic finger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.
Alder, physic finger, By power of divination, Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.
Etymology
Calque of the Latin digitus medicus.
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.