chloroplast
/ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæst/
"chloroplast" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chloroplast” is uncommon English (frequency #65,778 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,778
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chloroplast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæst/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chloroplast” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chloroplast is uncommon English at frequency #65,778 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chloroplast, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chloro- + -plast. The correct English form is chloroplast, spelled C-H-L-O-R-O-P-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.
Etymology
From chloro- + -plast.
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-L-O-R-O-P-L-A-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈklɔːɹəʊˌplæst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.