Pict
/pɪkt/
"pict" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pict” is uncommon English (frequency #71,008 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,008
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pict · Pict · English
Pict · rank #71,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,008
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Phoenicia
Nearest frequency peer: Phoenicia (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pict”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- philatelic
philatelic
28,998 corpus weight
- Phobos
Phobos
28,996 corpus weight
- Phoenicia
Phoenicia
28,995 corpus weight
- Pict
Pict
28,993 corpus weight
- pinnock
pinnock
28,991 corpus weight
- pipa
pipa
28,990 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pict” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pict |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɪkt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #71,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pict” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pict is uncommon English at frequency #71,008 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɪkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pict in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Pictus, probably rendering a Pictish autonym; see the Latin entry for details. Compare Old English Peohtas, which appears to show the effects of Grimm's law. The correct English form is Pict, spelled P-I-C-T.
Definition
- 1A member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.
Etymology
From Latin Pictus, probably rendering a Pictish autonym; see the Latin entry for details. Compare Old English Peohtas, which appears to show the effects of Grimm's law.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.