fissile
/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/
"fissile" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fissile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,335
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be split.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fissile · fissile · English
fissile · rank #49,335 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,335
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Flagg
Nearest frequency peer: Flagg (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “fissile”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- filigree
filigree
50,669 corpus weight
- fissile
fissile
50,666 corpus weight
- Flagg
Flagg
50,665 corpus weight
- Fleischer
Fleischer
50,663 corpus weight
- forking
forking
50,662 corpus weight
- Française
Française
50,661 corpus weight
What this shows “fissile” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fissile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fissile”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around fissile (IPA /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,335 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fissile, with forms such as "ffissile", "fisile", and "fisisle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fossil", "fission", "fissure", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin fissilis. The correct English form is fissile, spelled F-I-S-S-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be split.
- 2Easily split along a grain.
- 3Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fissile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.
Etymology
From Latin fissilis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffissile
- fisile
- fisisle
- fissiel
- fissille
- fisslie
- fsisile
- ifssile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fissile - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fissile", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).