lipase
/ˈlaɪpeɪz/
"lipase" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lipase” is uncommon English (frequency #67,595 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,595
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of lipids.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lipase · lipase · English
lipase · rank #67,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,595
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lindner
Nearest frequency peer: Lindner (-2 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 “lipase”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Leroux
Leroux
32,413 corpus weight
- leukocyte
leukocyte
32,412 corpus weight
- Lindner
Lindner
32,408 corpus weight
- lipase
lipase
32,406 corpus weight
- lithographic
lithographic
32,404 corpus weight
- LLM
LLM
32,401 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lipase” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lipase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlaɪpeɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lipase” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lipase is uncommon English at frequency #67,595 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlaɪpeɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of lipids.".
lipase doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French lipase. By surface analysis, lipo- + -ase The correct English form is lipase, spelled L-I-P-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of lipids.
Etymology
Borrowed from French lipase. By surface analysis, lipo- + -ase
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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