privet
/ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/
"privet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“privet” is uncommon English (frequency #70,179 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,179
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-privet · privet · English
privet · rank #70,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,179
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH premarket
Nearest frequency peer: premarket (-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 “privet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- poussin
poussin
29,826 corpus weight
- premarket
premarket
29,823 corpus weight
- privet
privet
29,822 corpus weight
- problema
problema
29,821 corpus weight
- purred
purred
29,819 corpus weight
- putz
putz
29,818 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “privet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | privet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “privet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
privet is uncommon English at frequency #70,179 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for privet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime. The correct English form is privet, spelled P-R-I-V-E-T.
Definition
- 1Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how privet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
Etymology
Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).