arthropod
/ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/
"arthropod" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arthropod” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,181 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,181
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arthropod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arthropod” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for arthropod is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,181 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arthropod, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to arthro- + -pod. The correct English form is arthropod, spelled A-R-T-H-R-O-P-O-D.
Definition
- 1An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
Etymology
From New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to arthro- + -pod.
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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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Using “arthropod”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-R-T-H-R-O-P-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɑːθɹəpɒd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.