colloid
/ˈkɒlɔɪd/
"colloid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“colloid” is uncommon English (frequency #75,744 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,744
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glue-like; gelatinous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-colloid · colloid · English
colloid · rank #75,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,744
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH columella
Nearest frequency peer: columella (+1 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 “colloid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Coimbra
Coimbra
24,261 corpus weight
- coir
coir
24,260 corpus weight
- colloid
colloid
24,257 corpus weight
- columella
columella
24,256 corpus weight
- committeeman
committeeman
24,253 corpus weight
- compunction
compunction
24,252 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “colloid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colloid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɒlɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “colloid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
colloid is uncommon English at frequency #75,744 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɒlɔɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glue-like; gelatinous.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colloid, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Doublet of collage, collagen, and protocol. The correct English form is colloid, spelled C-O-L-L-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Glue-like; gelatinous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colloid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
colloid tumours
Etymology
From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Doublet of collage, collagen, and protocol.
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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