cyclotron
/ˈsaɪ.klə.tɹɒn/
"cyclotron" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclotron” is uncommon English (frequency #62,079 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,079
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclotron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪ.klə.tɹɒn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cyclotron” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cyclotron is uncommon English at frequency #62,079 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsaɪ.klə.tɹɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.".
cyclotron has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyclo- + -tron. The correct English form is cyclotron, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
Etymology
From cyclo- + -tron.
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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Using “cyclotron”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-Y-C-L-O-T-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.