secundum
"secundum" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“secundum” is uncommon English (frequency #89,880 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,880
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - according to
Corpus desk
Index EN-secundum · secundum · English
secundum · rank #89,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,880
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Selwood
Nearest frequency peer: Selwood (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “secundum”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- secundum
secundum
10,121 corpus weight
- Selwood
Selwood
10,119 corpus weight
- semiconduct…
semiconducting
10,118 corpus weight
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semigroup
10,117 corpus weight
- sene
sene
10,116 corpus weight
- senselessly
senselessly
10,115 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “secundum” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secundum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “secundum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
secundum is uncommon English at frequency #89,880 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "according to".
secundum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin secundum. The correct English form is secundum, spelled S-E-C-U-N-D-U-M.
Definition
- 1according to
Etymology
From Latin secundum.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "secundum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.