tuneful
"tuneful" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuneful” is uncommon English (frequency #74,605 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,605
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious
Corpus desk
Index EN-tuneful · tuneful · English
tuneful · rank #74,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,605
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Trumper
Nearest frequency peer: Trumper (-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 “tuneful”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- trompe
trompe
25,401 corpus weight
- Trumper
Trumper
25,398 corpus weight
- tuneful
tuneful
25,396 corpus weight
- Twix
Twix
25,394 corpus weight
- tyger
tyger
25,393 corpus weight
- typeset
typeset
25,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tuneful” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuneful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tuneful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tuneful is uncommon English at frequency #74,605 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious".
tuneful has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tune + -ful. The correct English form is tuneful, spelled T-U-N-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious
Etymology
From tune + -ful.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).