ceramide
/ˈsɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/
"ceramide" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ceramide” is uncommon English (frequency #88,190 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,190
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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
Corpus desk
Index EN-ceramide · ceramide · English
ceramide · rank #88,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,190
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH centenarian
Nearest frequency peer: centenarian (-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 “ceramide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cayo
cayo
11,814 corpus weight
- centenarian
centenarian
11,812 corpus weight
- ceramide
ceramide
11,811 corpus weight
- certitude
certitude
11,810 corpus weight
- Chappaqua
Chappaqua
11,809 corpus weight
- Chavan
Chavan
11,808 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ceramide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “ceramide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ceramide is uncommon English at frequency #88,190 among 5,599 “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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