fibroblast
/ˈfaɪ.brəˌblɑːst/
"fibroblast" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fibroblast” is uncommon English (frequency #59,392 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,392
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fibroblast · fibroblast · English
fibroblast · rank #59,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,392
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fief
Nearest frequency peer: fief (+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 “fibroblast”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fangirl
fangirl
40,615 corpus weight
- Fateh
Fateh
40,613 corpus weight
- FDNY
FDNY
40,612 corpus weight
- fibroblast
fibroblast
40,609 corpus weight
- fief
fief
40,608 corpus weight
- FLS
FLS
40,604 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fibroblast” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fibroblast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪ.brəˌblɑːst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fibroblast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fibroblast is uncommon English at frequency #59,392 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaɪ.brəˌblɑːst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.".
fibroblast has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fibro- + -blast. The correct English form is fibroblast, spelled F-I-B-R-O-B-L-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
Etymology
From fibro- + -blast.
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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