candela
/kænˈdɛlə/
"candela" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“candela” is uncommon English (frequency #75,699 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,699
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz...
Corpus desk
Index EN-candela · candela · English
candela · rank #75,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,699
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH capon
Nearest frequency peer: capon (+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 “candela”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- BYOB
BYOB
24,307 corpus weight
- caesium
caesium
24,305 corpus weight
- cajole
cajole
24,304 corpus weight
- candela
candela
24,302 corpus weight
- capon
capon
24,301 corpus weight
- caribe
caribe
24,299 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “candela” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candela |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kænˈdɛlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “candela” in English
Rare enough to double-check
candela is uncommon English at frequency #75,699 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kænˈdɛlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for candela, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle. The correct English form is candela, spelled C-A-N-D-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.
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); 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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