aliphatic
/ælɪˈfætɪk/
"aliphatic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aliphatic” is uncommon English (frequency #56,572 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,572
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aliphatic · aliphatic · English
aliphatic · rank #56,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,572
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alkaloid
Nearest frequency peer: alkaloid (+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 “aliphatic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- actuation
actuation
43,434 corpus weight
- adrenergic
adrenergic
43,431 corpus weight
- aliphatic
aliphatic
43,429 corpus weight
- alkaloid
alkaloid
43,428 corpus weight
- Amano
Amano
43,425 corpus weight
- Amendola
Amendola
43,424 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aliphatic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aliphatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ælɪˈfætɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aliphatic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aliphatic is uncommon English at frequency #56,572 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ælɪˈfætɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aliphatic, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ic. The correct English form is aliphatic, spelled A-L-I-P-H-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ic.
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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