ulu
"ulu" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ulu” is uncommon English (frequency #88,966 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,966
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ulu · ulu · English
ulu · rank #88,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,966
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Ulric
Nearest frequency peer: Ulric (-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 “ulu”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ulric
Ulric
11,036 corpus weight
- ulu
ulu
11,035 corpus weight
- unalterable
unalterable
11,034 corpus weight
- uncirculated
uncirculated
11,033 corpus weight
- undelivered
undelivered
11,032 corpus weight
- undercoat
undercoat
11,031 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ulu” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ulu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ulu is uncommon English at frequency #88,966 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.".
ulu has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐅᓗ (olo, “woman's knife”). The correct English form is ulu, spelled U-L-U.
Definition
- 1An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
Etymology
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐅᓗ (olo, “woman's knife”).
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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