topsoil
"topsoil" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“topsoil” is uncommon English (frequency #50,278 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,278
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
Corpus desk
Index EN-topsoil · topsoil · English
topsoil · rank #50,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,278
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH toleration
Nearest frequency peer: toleration (-1 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 “topsoil”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tittle
tittle
49,727 corpus weight
- toddy
toddy
49,726 corpus weight
- toleration
toleration
49,724 corpus weight
- topsoil
topsoil
49,723 corpus weight
- trembled
trembled
49,719 corpus weight
- triumvirate
triumvirate
49,717 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “topsoil” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | topsoil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “topsoil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
topsoil is uncommon English at frequency #50,278 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.".
topsoil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From top + soil. The correct English form is topsoil, spelled T-O-P-S-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how topsoil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil.
Without urgent action, the majority of the Earth’s topsoil could be severely degraded or lost before the end of this century. In China, topsoil is being lost fifty-seven times faster than this natural replacement process; in Europe seventeen times faster.
Etymology
From top + soil.
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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