biochem
"biochem" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“biochem” is uncommon English (frequency #58,550 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,550
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biochemistry (science or industry).
Corpus desk
Index EN-biochem · biochem · English
biochem · rank #58,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,550
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH binging
Nearest frequency peer: binging (-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 “biochem”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bernoulli
Bernoulli
41,455 corpus weight
- berserker
berserker
41,454 corpus weight
- binging
binging
41,452 corpus weight
- biochem
biochem
41,451 corpus weight
- blinder
blinder
41,449 corpus weight
- Blundell
Blundell
41,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “biochem” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biochem |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “biochem” in English
Rare enough to double-check
biochem is uncommon English at frequency #58,550 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Biochemistry (science or industry).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for biochem, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of biochemistry. Analyzable as bio- (“biological”) + chem (“chemistry”) or as a clipped compound, bio(logical) chem(istry). The correct English form is biochem, spelled B-I-O-C-H-E-M.
Definition
- 1Biochemistry (science or industry).
Etymology
Clipping of biochemistry. Analyzable as bio- (“biological”) + chem (“chemistry”) or as a clipped compound, bio(logical) chem(istry).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).