didelphid
/daɪˈdɛlfɪd/
"didelphid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“didelphid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of Didelphidae; opossum
Corpus desk
Index EN-didelphid · didelphid · English
didelphid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | didelphid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /daɪˈdɛlfɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “didelphid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
didelphid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /daɪˈdɛlfɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of Didelphidae; opossum".
No misspelling variants are generated for didelphid in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”) + -id. The correct English form is didelphid, spelled D-I-D-E-L-P-H-I-D.
Definition
- 1A member of Didelphidae; opossum
Etymology
From mono- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”) + -id.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.