eukaryote
/juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/
"eukaryote" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eukaryote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eukaryote · eukaryote · English
eukaryote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eukaryote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eukaryote” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eukaryote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for eukaryote in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + -ote. The correct English form is eukaryote, spelled E-U-K-A-R-Y-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eukaryote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is now clear that among organisms there are two different organizational patterns of cells, which Chatton (1937) called, with singuar prescience, the eucaryotic and procaryotic type.
Etymology
Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + -ote.
Synonyms
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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.