regula
"regula" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“regula” is uncommon English (frequency #72,706 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,706
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A book of rules for a religious establishment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “regula” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
regula is uncommon English at frequency #72,706 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for regula, 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: Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula (“rule”). Doublet of rail, regal, rigol, and rule. The correct English form is regula, spelled R-E-G-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1A book of rules for a religious establishment.
- 2One of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals of the triglyphs.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēgula (“rule”). Doublet of rail, regal, rigol, and rule.
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 “regula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-G-U-L-A - 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.