anionic
/ˌæ.naɪˈɑ.nɪk/
"anionic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anionic” is uncommon English (frequency #65,687 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,687
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to an anion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anionic · anionic · English
anionic · rank #65,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,687
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amylase
Nearest frequency peer: amylase (-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 “anionic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alsatian
Alsatian
34,318 corpus weight
- Amistad
Amistad
34,317 corpus weight
- amylase
amylase
34,315 corpus weight
- anionic
anionic
34,314 corpus weight
- AoE
AoE
34,311 corpus weight
- appallingly
appallingly
34,310 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anionic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anionic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæ.naɪˈɑ.nɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anionic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anionic is uncommon English at frequency #65,687 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌæ.naɪˈɑ.nɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to an anion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anionic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anion + -ic. The correct English form is anionic, spelled A-N-I-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to an anion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anionic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).
Inspection of CD data reveals that, similar to previously reported data for megainin^([sic]) peptides [ 33 ], preference of α-helical conformation of TM2 and TM3 segments are different in anionic (SDS) and zwitterionic (DPC) media, reflecting the importance of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions between the peptides and micelles.
Etymology
From anion + -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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