suber
"suber" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suber” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-suber · suber · English
suber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | suber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “suber” in English
Rare enough to double-check
suber is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for suber, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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: From Latin sūber. The correct English form is suber, spelled S-U-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how suber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber).
Etymology
From Latin sūber.
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.