flavonoid
/ˈfleɪvənɔɪd/
"flavonoid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flavonoid” is uncommon English (frequency #92,613 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,613
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flavonoid · flavonoid · English
flavonoid · rank #92,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flambeau
Nearest frequency peer: flambeau (-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 “flavonoid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- FFB
FFB
7,392 corpus weight
- Finnerty
Finnerty
7,390 corpus weight
- flambeau
flambeau
7,389 corpus weight
- flavonoid
flavonoid
7,388 corpus weight
- flinty
flinty
7,386 corpus weight
- flippy
flippy
7,385 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flavonoid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flavonoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfleɪvənɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flavonoid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flavonoid is uncommon English at frequency #92,613 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfleɪvənɔɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flavonoid in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flavone + -oid, from Latin flāvus (“yellow”). Not related to flavor. The correct English form is flavonoid, spelled F-L-A-V-O-N-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
Etymology
From flavone + -oid, from Latin flāvus (“yellow”). Not related to flavor.
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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