adenovirus
/əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/
"adenovirus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adenovirus” is uncommon English (frequency #69,622 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,622
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
Corpus desk
Index EN-adenovirus · adenovirus · English
adenovirus · rank #69,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,622
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ackroyd
Nearest frequency peer: Ackroyd (-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 “adenovirus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abouts
abouts
30,382 corpus weight
- Ackroyd
Ackroyd
30,380 corpus weight
- adenovirus
adenovirus
30,379 corpus weight
- admissibili…
admissibility
30,378 corpus weight
- ail
ail
30,375 corpus weight
- akka
akka
30,374 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “adenovirus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adenovirus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adenovirus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adenovirus is uncommon English at frequency #69,622 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans".
adenovirus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From adeno- + virus, after the human adenoid tissue from which it was isolated. The correct English form is adenovirus, spelled A-D-E-N-O-V-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
Etymology
From adeno- + virus, after the human adenoid tissue from which it was isolated.
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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