hepatocyte
"hepatocyte" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hepatocyte” is uncommon English (frequency #90,539 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,539
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hepatocyte · hepatocyte · English
hepatocyte · rank #90,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,539
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH henhouse
Nearest frequency peer: henhouse (-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 “hepatocyte”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hele
hele
9,466 corpus weight
- hemolysis
hemolysis
9,464 corpus weight
- henhouse
henhouse
9,463 corpus weight
- hepatocyte
hepatocyte
9,462 corpus weight
- Hicksville
Hicksville
9,461 corpus weight
- Hirata
Hirata
9,458 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hepatocyte” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hepatocyte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hepatocyte” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hepatocyte is uncommon English at frequency #90,539 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.".
hepatocyte has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hepato- + -cyte. The correct English form is hepatocyte, spelled H-E-P-A-T-O-C-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
Etymology
From hepato- + -cyte.
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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