pubis
/ˈpju.bɪs/
"pubis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pubis” is uncommon English (frequency #69,361 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,361
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pubis · pubis · English
pubis · rank #69,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,361
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prokaryotic
Nearest frequency peer: prokaryotic (-2 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 “pubis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- premade
premade
30,646 corpus weight
- prokaryotic
prokaryotic
30,642 corpus weight
- pubis
pubis
30,640 corpus weight
- qigong
qigong
30,638 corpus weight
- quails
quails
30,636 corpus weight
- quantized
quantized
30,635 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pubis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pubis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpju.bɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pubis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pubis is uncommon English at frequency #69,361 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpju.bɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pubis in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Genitive of Latin pubes (“pubes”); see pubes. The correct English form is pubis, spelled P-U-B-I-S.
Definition
- 1The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
Etymology
Genitive of Latin pubes (“pubes”); see pubes.
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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