sequitur
/ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/
"sequitur" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sequitur” is uncommon English (frequency #65,490 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,490
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sequitur · sequitur · English
sequitur · rank #65,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,490
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH secularist
Nearest frequency peer: secularist (-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 “sequitur”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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34,516 corpus weight
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secularist
34,513 corpus weight
- sequitur
sequitur
34,511 corpus weight
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Severino
34,509 corpus weight
- Shafiq
Shafiq
34,508 corpus weight
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shipbuilder
34,506 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sequitur” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sequitur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sequitur” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sequitur is uncommon English at frequency #65,490 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sequitur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“to follow”). The correct English form is sequitur, spelled S-E-Q-U-I-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“to follow”).
Antonyms
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
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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.