caryopsis
"caryopsis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caryopsis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caryopsis · caryopsis · English
caryopsis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | caryopsis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “caryopsis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
caryopsis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.".
caryopsis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From caryo- + -opsis. The correct English form is caryopsis, spelled C-A-R-Y-O-P-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caryopsis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
Etymology
From caryo- + -opsis.
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.