euploidy

noun

"euploidy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“euploidy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.

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Index EN-euploidy · euploidy · English

euploidy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for euploidy
PropertyValue
Headwordeuploidy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “euploidy” in English

euploidyranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

euploidy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for euploidy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From eu- + ploidy. The correct English form is euploidy, spelled E-U-P-L-O-I-D-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.

Etymology

From eu- + ploidy.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "euploidy"?
"euploidy" is spelled E-U-P-L-O-I-D-Y.
What does "euploidy" mean?
As a noun, "euploidy" means: The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
What is the origin of the word "euploidy"?
From eu- + ploidy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list