elastomer
/ɪˈlæstəmə(ɹ)/
"elastomer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elastomer” is uncommon English (frequency #74,929 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,929
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elastomer · elastomer · English
elastomer · rank #74,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,929
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eleonora
Nearest frequency peer: Eleonora (+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 “elastomer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Eed
Eed
25,077 corpus weight
- efferent
efferent
25,076 corpus weight
- egoistic
egoistic
25,075 corpus weight
- elastomer
elastomer
25,072 corpus weight
- Eleonora
Eleonora
25,071 corpus weight
- elif
elif
25,070 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “elastomer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elastomer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈlæstəmə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “elastomer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
elastomer is uncommon English at frequency #74,929 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪˈlæstəmə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elastomer, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From elastic + -mer. The correct English form is elastomer, spelled E-L-A-S-T-O-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber.
Etymology
From elastic + -mer.
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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