geode
/ˈdʒiː.əʊd/
"geode" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“geode” is uncommon English (frequency #88,376 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,376
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
Corpus desk
Index EN-geode · geode · English
geode · rank #88,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,376
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gerrymander
Nearest frequency peer: gerrymander (+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 “geode”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gast
gast
11,629 corpus weight
- gehenna
gehenna
11,628 corpus weight
- Geisel
Geisel
11,627 corpus weight
- geode
geode
11,625 corpus weight
- gerrymander
gerrymander
11,624 corpus weight
- giftedness
giftedness
11,621 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “geode” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒiː.əʊd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “geode” in English
Rare enough to double-check
geode is uncommon English at frequency #88,376 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒiː.əʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geode, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French géode, from Latin geōdēs, from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs). The correct English form is geode, spelled G-E-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
Etymology
From French géode, from Latin geōdēs, from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs).
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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