elastin
"elastin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elastin” is uncommon English (frequency #80,419 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,419
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elastin · elastin · English
elastin · rank #80,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,419
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eiger
Nearest frequency peer: Eiger (-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 “elastin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- egyptology
egyptology
19,584 corpus weight
- Eiger
Eiger
19,583 corpus weight
- elastin
elastin
19,582 corpus weight
- encasing
encasing
19,578 corpus weight
- endometrium
endometrium
19,577 corpus weight
- Enriquez
Enriquez
19,575 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “elastin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elastin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “elastin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
elastin is uncommon English at frequency #80,419 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elastin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From elastic + -in. The correct English form is elastin, spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elastin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our stomachs produce an enzyme specifically designed to break down elastin, a type of protein found in meat and nowhere else.
Etymology
From elastic + -in.
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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