rusts
/ɹʌsts/
"rusts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rusts” is uncommon English (frequency #88,798 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,798
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of rust
Corpus desk
Index EN-rusts · rusts · English
rusts · rank #88,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,798
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rybak
Nearest frequency peer: Rybak (+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 “rusts”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rosado
rosado
11,212 corpus weight
- rusts
rusts
11,203 corpus weight
- Rybak
Rybak
11,201 corpus weight
- sabot
sabot
11,197 corpus weight
- salable
salable
11,196 corpus weight
- Salafism
Salafism
11,195 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rusts” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rusts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹʌsts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rusts” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rusts is uncommon English at frequency #88,798 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹʌsts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of rust".
No misspelling variants are generated for rusts in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is rusts, spelled R-U-S-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of rust
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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