dimorphism
/daɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/
"dimorphism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dimorphism” is uncommon English (frequency #63,565 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,565
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dimorphism · dimorphism · English
dimorphism · rank #63,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,565
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disadvantageo…
Nearest frequency peer: disadvantageous (+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 “dimorphism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- differentia…
differentiable
36,440 corpus weight
- dignify
dignify
36,438 corpus weight
- dimorphism
dimorphism
36,436 corpus weight
- disadvantag…
disadvantageous
36,435 corpus weight
- disharmony
disharmony
36,434 corpus weight
- dookie
dookie
36,432 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dimorphism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dimorphism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /daɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dimorphism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dimorphism is uncommon English at frequency #63,565 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /daɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dimorphism, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From di- + -morphism. The correct English form is dimorphism, spelled D-I-M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
- 2The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
- 3A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dimorphism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is also done for Dizygopleura landesi Roth and Eukloedenella pontotocensis Lundin, new species, which illustrate domiciliar (kloedenellid) dimorphism.
Etymology
From di- + -morphism.
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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