catenin
/ˈka.tɪ.nɪn/
"catenin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catenin” is uncommon English (frequency #77,510 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,510
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-catenin · catenin · English
catenin · rank #77,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,510
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH carnelian
Nearest frequency peer: carnelian (-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 “catenin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Carberry
Carberry
22,496 corpus weight
- carboxyl
carboxyl
22,495 corpus weight
- carex
carex
22,494 corpus weight
- Carnaby
Carnaby
22,493 corpus weight
- carnelian
carnelian
22,492 corpus weight
- catenin
catenin
22,491 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “catenin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catenin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.tɪ.nɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catenin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catenin is uncommon English at frequency #77,510 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈka.tɪ.nɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion.".
catenin has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin catēn|a, ~ae (“chain (series of interconnected rings or links)”) + -in. The correct English form is catenin, spelled C-A-T-E-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion.
Etymology
From Latin catēn|a, ~ae (“chain (series of interconnected rings or links)”) + -in.
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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