sculptured
"sculptured" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sculptured” is uncommon English (frequency #53,842 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,842
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made like a sculpture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sculptured · sculptured · English
sculptured · rank #53,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,842
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Schroder
Nearest frequency peer: Schroder (-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 “sculptured”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- satiety
satiety
46,162 corpus weight
- Scanlan
Scanlan
46,161 corpus weight
- Schroder
Schroder
46,160 corpus weight
- sculptured
sculptured
46,159 corpus weight
- seasonality
seasonality
46,158 corpus weight
- segmental
segmental
46,157 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sculptured” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sculptured |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sculptured” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sculptured is uncommon English at frequency #53,842 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sculptured in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sculpture + -ed. The correct English form is sculptured, spelled S-C-U-L-P-T-U-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Made like a sculpture.
- 2Attractively formed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sculptured appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His sculptured features drew appreciative looks.
Etymology
From sculpture + -ed.
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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