enteral
"enteral" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enteral” is uncommon English (frequency #90,410 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,410
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enteral · enteral · English
enteral · rank #90,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,410
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eom
Nearest frequency peer: Eom (+2 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 “enteral”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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electroconvulsive
9,599 corpus weight
- enteral
enteral
9,591 corpus weight
- Eom
Eom
9,589 corpus weight
- epitomize
epitomize
9,588 corpus weight
- epos
epos
9,587 corpus weight
- Ernakulam
Ernakulam
9,583 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “enteral” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enteral |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enteral” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enteral is uncommon English at frequency #90,410 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.".
enteral has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”), + -al. The correct English form is enteral, spelled E-N-T-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”), + -al.
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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