pleural
/ˈplʊə.ɹəl/
"pleural" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleural” is uncommon English (frequency #50,158 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,158
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleural · pleural · English
pleural · rank #50,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,158
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH playroom
Nearest frequency peer: playroom (-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 “pleural”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plausibility
plausibility
49,846 corpus weight
- playfulness
playfulness
49,845 corpus weight
- playroom
playroom
49,844 corpus weight
- pleural
pleural
49,843 corpus weight
- PMQs
PMQs
49,842 corpus weight
- predominance
predominance
49,840 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pleural” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleural |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pleural” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pleural is uncommon English at frequency #50,158 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pleural, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pleura + -al. The correct English form is pleural, spelled P-L-E-U-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
- 2Thin and transparent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pleural appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.
Etymology
From pleura + -al.
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.
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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).