hemolytic

adj

"hemolytic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hemolytic” is uncommon English (frequency #64,419 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,419
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hemolytic · hemolytic · English

hemolytic · rank #64,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,419
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hartland

Nearest frequency peer: Hartland (-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 “hemolytic”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “hemolytic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hemolytic
PropertyValue
Headwordhemolytic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,419
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hemolytic” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).hemolyticfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Hartland” (#64,418), “heptathlon” (#64,420), “harmer” (#64,417). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hemolytic” is #64,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hemolytic is uncommon English at frequency #64,419 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hemolytic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is hemolytic, spelled H-E-M-O-L-Y-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hemolytic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It has been accordingly suggested that the hemolytic action of the saliva is due to the presence of certain salts.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hemolytic"?
"hemolytic" is spelled H-E-M-O-L-Y-T-I-C.
What does "hemolytic" mean?
As an adjective, "hemolytic" means: Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
What language does "hemolytic" come from?
"hemolytic" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hemolytic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list