toucan
/ˈtuːkən/
"toucan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toucan” is uncommon English (frequency #62,581 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,581
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toucan · toucan · English
toucan · rank #62,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,581
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tortoiseshell
Nearest frequency peer: tortoiseshell (-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 “toucan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tocqueville
Tocqueville
37,422 corpus weight
- tortoiseshe…
tortoiseshell
37,421 corpus weight
- toucan
toucan
37,420 corpus weight
- transpire
transpire
37,419 corpus weight
- trifles
trifles
37,418 corpus weight
- triplicate
triplicate
37,417 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toucan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toucan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtuːkən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toucan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toucan is uncommon English at frequency #62,581 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtuːkən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.".
Zero misspellings are on record for toucan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn. The correct English form is toucan, spelled T-O-U-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toucan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;
Etymology
Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.
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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