immunofluorescence
"immunofluorescence" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immunofluorescence” is uncommon English (frequency #73,290 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,290
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immunofluorescence · immunofluorescence · English
immunofluorescence · rank #73,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,290
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impale
Nearest frequency peer: impale (+1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “immunofluorescence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- immunofluor…
immunofluorescence
26,711 corpus weight
- impale
impale
26,710 corpus weight
- impoundment
impoundment
26,709 corpus weight
- incisor
incisor
26,708 corpus weight
- incredulous…
incredulously
26,707 corpus weight
- infanta
infanta
26,706 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “immunofluorescence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immunofluorescence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #73,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immunofluorescence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immunofluorescence is uncommon English at frequency #73,290 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction.".
No misspelling variants are generated for immunofluorescence in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From immuno- + fluorescence. The correct English form is immunofluorescence, spelled I-M-M-U-N-O-F-L-U-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction.
Etymology
From immuno- + fluorescence.
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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