testa
/ˈtɛstə/
"testa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“testa” is uncommon English (frequency #53,297 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,297
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A seed coat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-testa · testa · English
testa · rank #53,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,297
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH teleprompter
Nearest frequency peer: teleprompter (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “testa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- teat
teat
46,708 corpus weight
- techie
techie
46,707 corpus weight
- teleprompter
teleprompter
46,706 corpus weight
- testa
testa
46,704 corpus weight
- textural
textural
46,702 corpus weight
- thunderclap
thunderclap
46,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “testa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | testa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛstə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “testa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
testa is uncommon English at frequency #53,297 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɛstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for testa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin testa. The correct English form is testa, spelled T-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1A seed coat.
- 2The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how testa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
The seeds are furnished with a reticulated testa, very much in appearance like that of the seeds of two closely-allied pericarps in the cabinet of my friend Mr. Ward, of Wellclose-square, the names of which I have been unable to obtain, but which present strong evidence of belonging to the Malvaceæ.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testa.
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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