homozygote
/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/
"homozygote" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homozygote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
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Index EN-homozygote · homozygote · English
homozygote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homozygote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “homozygote” in English
Rare enough to double-check
homozygote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for homozygote, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery". The correct English form is homozygote, spelled H-O-M-O-Z-Y-G-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Etymology
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.