ritsu
"ritsu" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ritsu” is uncommon English (frequency #90,909 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,909
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ritsu · ritsu · English
ritsu · rank #90,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,909
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Roseman
Nearest frequency peer: Roseman (+5 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 “ritsu”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- retch
retch
9,100 corpus weight
- rete
rete
9,099 corpus weight
- ritsu
ritsu
9,092 corpus weight
- Roseman
Roseman
9,087 corpus weight
- rouleau
rouleau
9,086 corpus weight
- rueda
rueda
9,084 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ritsu” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ritsu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ritsu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ritsu is uncommon English at frequency #90,909 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ritsu, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 律 (ritsu). The correct English form is ritsu, spelled R-I-T-S-U.
Definition
- 1An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second, major second, minor third.
Etymology
From Japanese 律 (ritsu).
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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