cryopreservation
"cryopreservation" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cryopreservation” is uncommon English (frequency #87,173 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,173
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).
Corpus desk
Index EN-cryopreservation · cryopreservation · English
cryopreservation · rank #87,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,173
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cubano
Nearest frequency peer: Cubano (+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 “cryopreservation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coronas
coronas
12,834 corpus weight
- corroding
corroding
12,832 corpus weight
- cryopreserv…
cryopreservation
12,828 corpus weight
- Cubano
Cubano
12,827 corpus weight
- cubit
cubit
12,826 corpus weight
- cully
cully
12,822 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cryopreservation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cryopreservation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #87,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cryopreservation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cryopreservation is uncommon English at frequency #87,173 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cryopreservation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cryo- + preservation, from Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”). The correct English form is cryopreservation, spelled C-R-Y-O-P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).
Etymology
From cryo- + preservation, from Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”).
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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