chlorella

noun

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

The verdict

“chlorella” is uncommon English (frequency #93,543 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,543
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.

Key facts for chlorella
PropertyValue
Headwordchlorella
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chlorella” sits in English frequency

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chlorella is uncommon English at frequency #93,543 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.".

chlorella has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: A use as a common noun of the genus name Chlorella. The correct English form is chlorella, spelled C-H-L-O-R-E-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.

Etymology

A use as a common noun of the genus name Chlorella.

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 "chlorella"?
"chlorella" is spelled C-H-L-O-R-E-L-L-A.
What does "chlorella" mean?
As a noun, "chlorella" means: Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
What is the origin of the word "chlorella"?
A use as a common noun of the genus name Chlorella. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “chlorella”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-H-L-O-R-E-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list