diatomic
/daɪəˈtɒmɪk/
"diatomic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diatomic” is uncommon English (frequency #99,178 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,178
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consisting of two atoms.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diatomic · diatomic · English
diatomic · rank #99,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,178
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dickwad
Nearest frequency peer: dickwad (+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 “diatomic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- destructible
destructible
826 corpus weight
- diatomic
diatomic
823 corpus weight
- dickwad
dickwad
822 corpus weight
- dilator
dilator
821 corpus weight
- diplomate
diplomate
819 corpus weight
- disapprovin…
disapprovingly
818 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “diatomic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diatomic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /daɪəˈtɒmɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “diatomic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
diatomic is uncommon English at frequency #99,178 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /daɪəˈtɒmɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Consisting of two atoms.".
diatomic has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From di- + atomic. The correct English form is diatomic, spelled D-I-A-T-O-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1Consisting of two atoms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diatomic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
diatomic molecule
diatomic element
Etymology
From di- + atomic.
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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