baryon
/ˈbɛəɹiɒn/
"baryon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baryon” is uncommon English (frequency #92,369 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,369
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baryon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baryon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baryon is uncommon English at frequency #92,369 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common...".
baryon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on. The correct English form is baryon, spelled B-A-R-Y-O-N.
Definition
- 1A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on.
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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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- The one correct English spelling is B-A-R-Y-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.