ceramide
/ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/
"ceramide" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ceramide” is uncommon English (frequency #88,190 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,190
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceramide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ceramide” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ceramide is uncommon English at frequency #88,190 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue".
ceramide has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of cerebroside + amide, or from Latin cēra (“wax”) + amide. The correct English form is ceramide, spelled C-E-R-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue
Etymology
Blend of cerebroside + amide, or from Latin cēra (“wax”) + amide.
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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Using “ceramide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-R-A-M-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.