viscose
/ˈvɪskəʊs/
"viscose" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“viscose” is uncommon English (frequency #65,615 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,615
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
Corpus desk
Index EN-viscose · viscose · English
viscose · rank #65,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,615
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vineland
Nearest frequency peer: vineland (-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 “viscose”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Vespasian
Vespasian
34,389 corpus weight
- vineland
vineland
34,387 corpus weight
- viscose
viscose
34,386 corpus weight
- vlogger
vlogger
34,385 corpus weight
- voiding
voiding
34,383 corpus weight
- washi
washi
34,379 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “viscose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viscose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɪskəʊs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “viscose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
viscose is uncommon English at frequency #65,615 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɪskəʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for viscose in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous. The correct English form is viscose, spelled V-I-S-C-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
- 2A fabric made from this material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viscose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)
Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.
Etymology
From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.
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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