redbird
/ˈɹɛdbəːd/
"redbird" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redbird” is uncommon English (frequency #99,758 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,758
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-redbird · redbird · English
redbird · rank #99,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,758
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH redecoration
Nearest frequency peer: redecoration (+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 “redbird”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ramachandra
Ramachandra
247 corpus weight
- Raylan
Raylan
245 corpus weight
- redbird
redbird
243 corpus weight
- redecoration
redecoration
242 corpus weight
- reflexivity
reflexivity
241 corpus weight
- relaxin
relaxin
239 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “redbird” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redbird |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛdbəːd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redbird” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redbird is uncommon English at frequency #99,758 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɛdbəːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
redbird has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From red + bird. The correct English form is redbird, spelled R-E-D-B-I-R-D.
Definition
- 1Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
- 2Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
- 3Any of several unrelated American songbirds having red plumage.
- 4A capsule of secobarbital.
- 5Any of various red cars formerly used in the New York City subway system; or a train of such cars.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redbird appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then she chanced to look up and catch sight of a redbird in a tree.
Nearly every pharmaceutical house has its own brands, sold in tablets, solutions or brightly-colored capsules, on which its “detail men” keep doctors informed. Probably the most popular successors to Veronal are Seconal (“red birds” to the bootleg trade) and Nembutal ("yellow jackets").
Etymology
From red + bird.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).