Pincus
"pincus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pincus” is uncommon English (frequency #50,154 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,154
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Hebrew.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pincus · Pincus · English
Pincus · rank #50,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,154
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pillowcase
Nearest frequency peer: pillowcase (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pincus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- PGP
PGP
49,850 corpus weight
- pillowcase
pillowcase
49,848 corpus weight
- Pincus
Pincus
49,847 corpus weight
- plausibility
plausibility
49,846 corpus weight
- playfulness
playfulness
49,845 corpus weight
- playroom
playroom
49,844 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pincus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pincus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pincus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pincus is uncommon English at frequency #50,154 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Hebrew.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Pincus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: Borrowed from Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās). Compare the personal name Phinehas. The correct English form is Pincus, spelled P-I-N-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Hebrew.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās). Compare the personal name Phinehas.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pincus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 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.