thuja
/ˈθu.d͡ʒə/
"thuja" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thuja” 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) - A tree of the genus Thuja.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thuja · thuja · English
thuja · 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 "T" 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 | thuja |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈθu.d͡ʒə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thuja” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thuja is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈθu.d͡ʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tree of the genus Thuja.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for thuja, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From taxonomic New Latin Thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía). The correct English form is thuja, spelled T-H-U-J-A.
Definition
- 1A tree of the genus Thuja.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thuja appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She walked among the thuja trees in the garden and wept: over the book, over her children, over her lost country.
Etymology
From taxonomic New Latin Thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.