epitope
"epitope" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“epitope” is uncommon English (frequency #75,848 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,848
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response
Corpus desk
Index EN-epitope · epitope · English
epitope · rank #75,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,848
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH epigraph
Nearest frequency peer: epigraph (-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 “epitope”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- enjoin
enjoin
24,158 corpus weight
- enshrine
enshrine
24,157 corpus weight
- epigraph
epigraph
24,154 corpus weight
- epitope
epitope
24,153 corpus weight
- erector
erector
24,151 corpus weight
- essentialism
essentialism
24,149 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “epitope” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epitope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “epitope” in English
Rare enough to double-check
epitope is uncommon English at frequency #75,848 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response".
epitope has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From epi- + -tope. The correct English form is epitope, spelled E-P-I-T-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how epitope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonym: idiotope
Etymology
From epi- + -tope.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).