primula
"primula" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“primula” is uncommon English (frequency #91,937 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,937
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-primula · primula · English
primula · rank #91,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,937
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preventer
Nearest frequency peer: preventer (-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 “primula”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- potentiation
potentiation
8,072 corpus weight
- preventer
preventer
8,065 corpus weight
- primula
primula
8,064 corpus weight
- prio
prio
8,062 corpus weight
- profaned
profaned
8,060 corpus weight
- professiona…
professionalization
8,059 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “primula” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | primula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “primula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
primula is uncommon English at frequency #91,937 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.".
No misspelling variants are generated for primula in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early. The correct English form is primula, spelled P-R-I-M-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
Etymology
The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early.
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).