alveoli
/ˌal.viˈəʊ.laɪ/
"alveoli" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alveoli” is uncommon English (frequency #73,854 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,854
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of alveolus
Corpus desk
Index EN-alveoli · alveoli · English
alveoli · rank #73,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ampere
Nearest frequency peer: ampere (+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 “alveoli”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aldosterone
aldosterone
26,151 corpus weight
- alveoli
alveoli
26,147 corpus weight
- ampere
ampere
26,146 corpus weight
- amphora
amphora
26,145 corpus weight
- anagrams
anagrams
26,144 corpus weight
- androgenic
androgenic
26,142 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alveoli” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alveoli |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌal.viˈəʊ.laɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alveoli” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alveoli is uncommon English at frequency #73,854 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌal.viˈəʊ.laɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of alveolus".
alveoli doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is alveoli, spelled A-L-V-E-O-L-I.
Definition
- 1plural of alveolus
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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