chelation
/kiːˈleɪʃən/
"chelation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chelation” is uncommon English (frequency #77,523 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,523
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chelation · chelation · English
chelation · rank #77,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,523
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chemise
Nearest frequency peer: chemise (+1 rank slots)
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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 “chelation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- centroid
centroid
22,484 corpus weight
- cerium
cerium
22,483 corpus weight
- Chaves
Chaves
22,480 corpus weight
- chelation
chelation
22,478 corpus weight
- chemise
chemise
22,477 corpus weight
- Chiarelli
Chiarelli
22,476 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chelation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chelation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kiːˈleɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chelation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chelation is uncommon English at frequency #77,523 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kiːˈleɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chelation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chelate + -ion. The correct English form is chelation, spelled C-H-E-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
- 2The use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning by heavy metals.
Etymology
From chelate + -ion.
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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