lipase
/ˈlaɪpeɪz/
"lipase" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lipase” is uncommon English (frequency #67,595 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,595
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of lipids.
| 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) |
Where “lipase” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lipase is uncommon English at frequency #67,595 among 16,425 “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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Using “lipase”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-P-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.