ranunculus
"ranunculus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ranunculus” is uncommon English (frequency #91,974 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,974
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ranunculus · ranunculus · English
ranunculus · rank #91,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,974
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ravenscroft
Nearest frequency peer: Ravenscroft (+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 “ranunculus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ragsdale
Ragsdale
8,032 corpus weight
- ranunculus
ranunculus
8,027 corpus weight
- Ravenscroft
Ravenscroft
8,025 corpus weight
- rDNA
rDNA
8,023 corpus weight
- recueil
recueil
8,022 corpus weight
- redfin
redfin
8,020 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ranunculus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ranunculus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ranunculus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ranunculus is uncommon English at frequency #91,974 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ranunculus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus. The correct English form is ranunculus, spelled R-A-N-U-N-C-U-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus.
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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