immunohistochemistry
"immunohistochemistry" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immunohistochemistry” is uncommon English (frequency #83,366 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,366
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The analytical process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue microtome section exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immunohistochemistry · immunohistochemistry · English
immunohistochemistry · rank #83,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,366
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH immunohistoch…
Nearest frequency peer: immunohistochemical (-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 “immunohistochemistry”
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 “immunohistochemistry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immunohistochemistry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 20 |
| Frequency rank | #83,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immunohistochemistry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immunohistochemistry is uncommon English at frequency #83,366 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The analytical process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue microtome section exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for immunohistochemistry, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From immuno- + histochemistry. The correct English form is immunohistochemistry, spelled I-M-M-U-N-O-H-I-S-T-O-C-H-E-M-I-S-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The analytical process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue microtome section exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.
Etymology
From immuno- + histochemistry.
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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