Washoe
"washoe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Washoe” is uncommon English (frequency #66,397 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,397
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-washoe · Washoe · English
Washoe · rank #66,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,397
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH washboard
Nearest frequency peer: washboard (-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 “Washoe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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vivisection
33,612 corpus weight
- waitlist
waitlist
33,608 corpus weight
- washboard
washboard
33,605 corpus weight
- Washoe
Washoe
33,604 corpus weight
- Werth
Werth
33,602 corpus weight
- whinge
whinge
33,600 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Washoe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Washoe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Washoe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Washoe is uncommon English at frequency #66,397 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Washoe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From English Wa She Shu, from Washo Wá꞉šiw ʔítlu (“Wašišiw”) Literally, “people from here”. The correct English form is Washoe, spelled W-A-S-H-O-E.
Definition
- 1An indigenous people of the Great Basin in North America.
Etymology
From English Wa She Shu, from Washo Wá꞉šiw ʔítlu (“Wašišiw”) Literally, “people from here”.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).