arabidopsis

noun

"arabidopsis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“arabidopsis” is an uncommon English word, ranked #51,540 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#51,540
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis

Key facts for arabidopsis
PropertyValue
Headwordarabidopsis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “arabidopsis” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). arabidopsis lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for arabidopsis is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #51,540 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arabidopsis, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is arabidopsis, spelled A-R-A-B-I-D-O-P-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis

Etymology

From the genus name.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arabidopsis"?
"arabidopsis" is spelled A-R-A-B-I-D-O-P-S-I-S.
What does "arabidopsis" mean?
As a noun, "arabidopsis" means: Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis
What is the origin of the word "arabidopsis"?
From the genus name. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “arabidopsis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-R-A-B-I-D-O-P-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list