varus
"varus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“varus” is uncommon English (frequency #59,100 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,100
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
Corpus desk
Index EN-varus · varus · English
varus · rank #59,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,100
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Valletta
Nearest frequency peer: Valletta (-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 “varus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- urethane
urethane
40,905 corpus weight
- Valletta
Valletta
40,902 corpus weight
- varus
varus
40,901 corpus weight
- Velez
Velez
40,900 corpus weight
- venti
venti
40,899 corpus weight
- Verges
Verges
40,897 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “varus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | varus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “varus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
varus is uncommon English at frequency #59,100 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for varus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin varus. The correct English form is varus, spelled V-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
- 2Acne.
Etymology
From Latin varus.
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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