endoderm

/ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m/

//ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m// noun

"endoderm" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“endoderm” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.

Corpus desk

Index EN-endoderm · endoderm · English

endoderm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for endoderm
PropertyValue
Headwordendoderm
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “endoderm” in English

endodermsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

endoderm is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.".

endoderm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 endo- + -derm. The correct English form is endoderm, spelled E-N-D-O-D-E-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.

Etymology

From endo- + -derm.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "endoderm"?
"endoderm" is spelled E-N-D-O-D-E-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m/.
What does "endoderm" mean?
As a noun, "endoderm" means: One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.
How do you pronounce "endoderm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endoderm" is /ˌen.doʊˈdɝː.m/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "endoderm"?
From endo- + -derm. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list