interleukin
"interleukin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interleukin” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,209
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interleukin · interleukin · English
interleukin · rank #42,209 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,209
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interdependen…
Nearest frequency peer: interdependence (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “interleukin”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- innkeeper
innkeeper
57,795 corpus weight
- insufficien…
insufficiency
57,794 corpus weight
- interdepend…
interdependence
57,793 corpus weight
- interleukin
interleukin
57,792 corpus weight
- intifada
intifada
57,791 corpus weight
- intracranial
intracranial
57,790 corpus weight
What this shows “interleukin” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interleukin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “interleukin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around interleukin, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,209 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for interleukin, with forms such as "inetrleukin", "innterleukin", and "intelreukin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + leuko- + -in; *inter-: from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”). *leuko: from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) *-in: from French -ine, from Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus "of" or "belonging to" The correct English form is interleukin, spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-E-U-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how interleukin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indeed, it’s possible to create the full storm of cold symptoms with no cold virus at all, but only a potent cocktail of the so-called inflammatory mediators that the body makes itself[,] among them, cytokines, kinins, prostaglandins and interleukins, powerful little chemical messengers that cause the blood vessels in the nose to dilate and leak, stimulat…
As another interleukin 12/23 antagonist, briakinumab, was withdrawn from further development in part due to concerns about cardiovascular safety, discussion has also emerged on cardiovascular safety of ustekinumab.
Etymology
From inter- + leuko- + -in; *inter-: from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”). *leuko: from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) *-in: from French -ine, from Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus "of" or "belonging to"
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrleukin
- innterleukin
- intelreukin
- interelukin
- interlekuin
- interleuikn
- interleukinn
- interleukkin
- interleukni
- interlleukin
- interluekin
- interrleukin
- intreleukin
- intterleukin
- itnerleukin
- niterleukin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interleukin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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