enteric
/ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/
"enteric" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enteric” is uncommon English (frequency #63,599 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,599
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enteric · enteric · English
enteric · rank #63,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,599
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH entendre
Nearest frequency peer: entendre (-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 “enteric”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- endorser
endorser
36,405 corpus weight
- Enniskillen
Enniskillen
36,404 corpus weight
- entendre
entendre
36,403 corpus weight
- enteric
enteric
36,402 corpus weight
- ersatz
ersatz
36,399 corpus weight
- Eurosceptic
Eurosceptic
36,398 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “enteric” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enteric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enteric” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enteric is uncommon English at frequency #63,599 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛnˈtɛɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
enteric has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic. The correct English form is enteric, spelled E-N-T-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
- 2Staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐντερικός (enterikós, “intestinal”). By surface analysis, entero- + -ic.
Synonyms
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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