scud
/skʌd/
"scud" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scud” is uncommon English (frequency #55,087 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,087
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Naked.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scud · scud · English
scud · rank #55,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,087
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scrubber
Nearest frequency peer: scrubber (-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 “scud”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sayre
Sayre
44,918 corpus weight
- sciatica
sciatica
44,917 corpus weight
- scimitar
scimitar
44,916 corpus weight
- scrubber
scrubber
44,915 corpus weight
- scud
scud
44,914 corpus weight
- seepage
seepage
44,911 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scud” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /skʌd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scud” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scud is uncommon English at frequency #55,087 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /skʌd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Naked.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scud, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”) (see also scoot). The correct English form is scud, spelled S-C-U-D.
Definition
- 1Naked.
Etymology
From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”) (see also scoot).
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).