centrifugation
"centrifugation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“centrifugation” is uncommon English (frequency #73,052 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,052
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-centrifugation · centrifugation · English
centrifugation · rank #73,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,052
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH ceilidh
Nearest frequency peer: ceilidh (-2 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 “centrifugation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- caulking
caulking
26,955 corpus weight
- CCE
CCE
26,953 corpus weight
- ceilidh
ceilidh
26,951 corpus weight
- centrifugat…
centrifugation
26,949 corpus weight
- Chandni
Chandni
26,947 corpus weight
- chickadee
chickadee
26,944 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “centrifugation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centrifugation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #73,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “centrifugation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
centrifugation is uncommon English at frequency #73,052 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.".
No misspelling variants are generated for centrifugation in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From centrifuge + -ation. The correct English form is centrifugation, spelled C-E-N-T-R-I-F-U-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how centrifugation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”
Etymology
From centrifuge + -ation.
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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