polenta
/pəˈlɛntə/
"polenta" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polenta” is uncommon English (frequency #51,321 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,321
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-polenta · polenta · English
polenta · rank #51,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,321
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH polygamous
Nearest frequency peer: polygamous (+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 “polenta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pinged
Pinged
48,685 corpus weight
- pitfall
pitfall
48,682 corpus weight
- polenta
polenta
48,680 corpus weight
- polygamous
polygamous
48,679 corpus weight
- powerlessne…
powerlessness
48,678 corpus weight
- preteen
preteen
48,677 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “polenta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polenta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈlɛntə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polenta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polenta is uncommon English at frequency #51,321 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈlɛntə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.".
polenta has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian polenta. The correct English form is polenta, spelled P-O-L-E-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian polenta.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).