chlordecone
/ˈklɔː(ɹ)dɪkəʊn/
"chlordecone" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chlordecone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The pesticide kepone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chlordecone · chlordecone · English
chlordecone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlordecone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɔː(ɹ)dɪkəʊn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chlordecone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chlordecone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklɔː(ɹ)dɪkəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The pesticide kepone.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chlordecone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is chlordecone, spelled C-H-L-O-R-D-E-C-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1The pesticide kepone.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.