ferroelectric
"ferroelectric" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ferroelectric” is uncommon English (frequency #86,274 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,274
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field
Corpus desk
Index EN-ferroelectric · ferroelectric · English
ferroelectric · rank #86,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,274
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH filenames
Nearest frequency peer: filenames (+2 rank slots)
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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 “ferroelectric”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ferroelectr…
ferroelectric
13,727 corpus weight
- filenames
filenames
13,725 corpus weight
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Fingal
13,724 corpus weight
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firetruck
13,723 corpus weight
- firman
firman
13,722 corpus weight
- flashmob
flashmob
13,721 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ferroelectric” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferroelectric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferroelectric” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ferroelectric is uncommon English at frequency #86,274 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field".
Zero misspellings are on record for ferroelectric in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 ferro- + electric. The correct English form is ferroelectric, spelled F-E-R-R-O-E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field
Etymology
From ferro- + electric.
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 13 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.