rectus
/ˈɹɛk.təs/
"rectus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rectus” is uncommon English (frequency #76,260 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,260
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rectus · rectus · English
rectus · rank #76,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,260
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recitative
Nearest frequency peer: recitative (-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 “rectus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Rathore
Rathore
23,746 corpus weight
- raver
raver
23,745 corpus weight
- recitative
recitative
23,743 corpus weight
- rectus
rectus
23,741 corpus weight
- reformat
reformat
23,738 corpus weight
- rehashing
rehashing
23,736 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rectus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rectus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛk.təs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rectus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rectus is uncommon English at frequency #76,260 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɛk.təs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rectus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”). The correct English form is rectus, spelled R-E-C-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
- 2Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).