prunus
"prunus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prunus” is uncommon English (frequency #66,960 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,960
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prunus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prunus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prunus is uncommon English at frequency #66,960 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for prunus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum. The correct English form is prunus, spelled P-R-U-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum.
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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Using “prunus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-U-N-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.