Ursuline
"ursuline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ursuline” is uncommon English (frequency #87,954 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,954
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of a Roman Catholic female religious order whose patron saint is Saint Ursula.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ursuline · Ursuline · English
Ursuline · rank #87,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,954
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH UWS
Nearest frequency peer: UWS (+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 “Ursuline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unzipping
unzipping
12,051 corpus weight
- urf
urf
12,049 corpus weight
- Ursuline
Ursuline
12,047 corpus weight
- UWS
UWS
12,046 corpus weight
- vacay
vacay
12,045 corpus weight
- vacillating
vacillating
12,044 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ursuline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ursuline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ursuline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ursuline is uncommon English at frequency #87,954 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of a Roman Catholic female religious order whose patron saint is Saint Ursula.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ursuline, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ursula + -ine. Compare French ursuline. The correct English form is Ursuline, spelled U-R-S-U-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1One of a Roman Catholic female religious order whose patron saint is Saint Ursula.
Etymology
From Ursula + -ine. Compare French ursuline.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Ursuline"?
What does "Ursuline" mean?
What is the origin of the word "Ursuline"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ursuline", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).