chlorella
"chlorella" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chlorella” is uncommon English (frequency #93,543 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,543
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chlorella · chlorella · English
chlorella · rank #93,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,543
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chirag
Nearest frequency peer: Chirag (-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 “chlorella”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chaw
chaw
6,464 corpus weight
- Chirag
Chirag
6,460 corpus weight
- chlorella
chlorella
6,458 corpus weight
- ciabatta
ciabatta
6,455 corpus weight
- Ciampa
Ciampa
6,454 corpus weight
- cichlid
cichlid
6,453 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chlorella” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlorella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chlorella” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chlorella is uncommon English at frequency #93,543 among 5,599 “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
- 1Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chlorella appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many people use chlorella for a nutrient factor isolated in the 1950s and not available in other green foods: "Chlorella Growth Factor" (CGF). CGF is related to the special nature of chlorella's nucleic acid. The nucleic acid in the human body ...
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.
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