chemokine

noun

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"chemokine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chemokine” is uncommon English (frequency #86,135 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,135
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chemokine · chemokine · English

chemokine · rank #86,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,135
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH checkmark

Nearest frequency peer: checkmark (-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 “chemokine”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “chemokine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chemokine
PropertyValue
Headwordchemokine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chemokine” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).chemokinefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “checkmark” (#86,133), “Chisinau” (#86,137), “Cheapside” (#86,132). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chemokine” is #86,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chemokine is uncommon English at frequency #86,135 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chemokine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From chemo- + -kine. The correct English form is chemokine, spelled C-H-E-M-O-K-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.

Etymology

From chemo- + -kine.

Synonyms

chemocytokinecytochemokineeotaxin

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chemokine"?
"chemokine" is spelled C-H-E-M-O-K-I-N-E.
What does "chemokine" mean?
As a noun, "chemokine" means: Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.
What is the origin of the word "chemokine"?
From chemo- + -kine. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chemokine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

checkmark#86,133Cheapside#86,132Changchun#86,129Chalcedon#86,126

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list