struct
"struct" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“struct” is uncommon English (frequency #52,024 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,024
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | struct |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “struct” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
struct is uncommon English at frequency #52,024 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for struct, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants. The correct English form is struct, spelled S-T-R-U-C-T.
Definition
- 1A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.
Etymology
Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.
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); 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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Using “struct”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-U-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.