bactericide
/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/
"bactericide" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bactericide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bactericide · bactericide · English
bactericide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bactericide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bactericide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bactericide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bactericide in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bacterium + -cide. The correct English form is bactericide, spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-C-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
Etymology
From bacterium + -cide.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.