tracery
/ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/
"tracery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tracery” is uncommon English (frequency #70,339 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,339
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tracery · tracery · English
tracery · rank #70,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,339
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Totnes
Nearest frequency peer: Totnes (-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 “tracery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tissot
Tissot
29,668 corpus weight
- Totnes
Totnes
29,663 corpus weight
- tracery
tracery
29,662 corpus weight
- Travancore
Travancore
29,660 corpus weight
- triode
triode
29,658 corpus weight
- Troilus
Troilus
29,657 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tracery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tracery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tracery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tracery is uncommon English at frequency #70,339 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tracery in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 trace + -ery. The correct English form is tracery, spelled T-R-A-C-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
- 2A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tracery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Because of the flamelike undulations of its window tracery, the Norman archæologist, M. de Caumont, who had brought into use the name Romanesque, invented the equally useful term Flamboyant.
He is homesick for the hale rough weather; for the tracery of the frost upon his window-panes at morning, the reluctant descent of the first flakes, and the white roofs relieved against the sombre sky.
Etymology
From trace + -ery.
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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