scutellum
"scutellum" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scutellum” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
Corpus desk
Index EN-scutellum · scutellum · English
scutellum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scutellum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scutellum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scutellum is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for scutellum in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin scūtellum, diminutive of Latin scūtum (“shield”). The correct English form is scutellum, spelled S-C-U-T-E-L-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
- 2Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
- 3Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
- 4Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin scūtellum, diminutive of Latin scūtum (“shield”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.