amitosis
"amitosis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amitosis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes
Corpus desk
Index EN-amitosis · amitosis · English
amitosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amitosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amitosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amitosis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes".
amitosis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 a- + mitosis. The correct English form is amitosis, spelled A-M-I-T-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes
Etymology
From a- + mitosis.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.