insecticidal
"insecticidal" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insecticidal” is uncommon English (frequency #97,144 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,144
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insecticidal · insecticidal · English
insecticidal · rank #97,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,144
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH insufferably
Nearest frequency peer: insufferably (+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 “insecticidal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ingrate
ingrate
2,860 corpus weight
- insecticidal
insecticidal
2,857 corpus weight
- insufferably
insufferably
2,856 corpus weight
- interbreed
interbreed
2,855 corpus weight
- interlocuto…
interlocutory
2,854 corpus weight
- intranasal
intranasal
2,853 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insecticidal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insecticidal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insecticidal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insecticidal is uncommon English at frequency #97,144 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for insecticidal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is insecticidal, spelled I-N-S-E-C-T-I-C-I-D-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insecticidal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).