cyclohexane
/ˌsaɪkloʊˈhɛkseɪn/
"cyclohexane" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclohexane” is uncommon English (frequency #99,150 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,150
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclohexane · cyclohexane · English
cyclohexane · rank #99,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,150
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cybele
Nearest frequency peer: Cybele (-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 “cyclohexane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cultus
cultus
856 corpus weight
- curiouser
curiouser
855 corpus weight
- curtsey
curtsey
854 corpus weight
- Cybele
Cybele
852 corpus weight
- cyclohexane
cyclohexane
851 corpus weight
- dahlin
dahlin
848 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cyclohexane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclohexane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsaɪkloʊˈhɛkseɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cyclohexane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyclohexane is uncommon English at frequency #99,150 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsaɪkloʊˈhɛkseɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cyclohexane in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyclo- + hexane. The correct English form is cyclohexane, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-H-E-X-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
Etymology
From cyclo- + hexane.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).