biomed
/ˈbaɪ.oʊ.mɛd/
"biomed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“biomed” is uncommon English (frequency #68,044 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,044
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of biomedicine
Corpus desk
Index EN-biomed · biomed · English
biomed · rank #68,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,044
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH biogeography
Nearest frequency peer: biogeography (-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 “biomed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bicameral
bicameral
31,959 corpus weight
- biogeography
biogeography
31,958 corpus weight
- biomed
biomed
31,957 corpus weight
- birthrate
birthrate
31,956 corpus weight
- Biscay
Biscay
31,955 corpus weight
- bitsy
bitsy
31,954 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “biomed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biomed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.mɛd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “biomed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
biomed is uncommon English at frequency #68,044 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.mɛd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of biomedicine".
biomed has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipped compound. The correct English form is biomed, spelled B-I-O-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Clipping of biomedicine
Etymology
Clipped compound.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).