eosinophilic
"eosinophilic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eosinophilic” is uncommon English (frequency #85,226 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,226
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That is readily stained with eosin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eosinophilic · eosinophilic · English
eosinophilic · rank #85,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,226
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,836
- PHOTO-FINISH engram
Nearest frequency peer: engram (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “eosinophilic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- endovascular
endovascular
14,780 corpus weight
- enfranchise…
enfranchisement
14,779 corpus weight
- engram
engram
14,778 corpus weight
- eosinophilic
eosinophilic
14,775 corpus weight
- ergot
ergot
14,772 corpus weight
- escutcheon
escutcheon
14,771 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “eosinophilic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eosinophilic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eosinophilic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
eosinophilic is uncommon English at frequency #85,226 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for eosinophilic in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From eosin + -o- + -philic. The correct English form is eosinophilic, spelled E-O-S-I-N-O-P-H-I-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1That is readily stained with eosin.
- 2Of, pertaining to an eosinophil or to eosinophilia.
Etymology
From eosin + -o- + -philic.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.