immunohistochemical
"immunohistochemical" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immunohistochemical” is uncommon English (frequency #83,365 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,365
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or by means of immunohistochemistry, the use of immunological techniques to study the chemistry of tissues.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immunohistochemical · immunohistochemical · English
immunohistochemical · rank #83,365 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,365
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH immunohistoch…
Nearest frequency peer: immunohistochemistry (+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 “immunohistochemical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe
16,638 corpus weight
- immunohisto…
immunohistochemical
16,636 corpus weight
- immunohisto…
immunohistochemistry
16,635 corpus weight
- impactor
impactor
16,634 corpus weight
- impugn
impugn
16,633 corpus weight
- inconvenien…
inconveniently
16,632 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “immunohistochemical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immunohistochemical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #83,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immunohistochemical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immunohistochemical is uncommon English at frequency #83,365 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or by means of immunohistochemistry, the use of immunological techniques to study the chemistry of tissues.".
Zero misspellings are on record for immunohistochemical in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From immuno- + histochemical. The correct English form is immunohistochemical, spelled I-M-M-U-N-O-H-I-S-T-O-C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or by means of immunohistochemistry, the use of immunological techniques to study the chemistry of tissues.
Etymology
From immuno- + histochemical.
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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