lipopolysaccharide
"lipopolysaccharide" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lipopolysaccharide” is uncommon English (frequency #90,665 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,665
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a large class of lipids conjugated with polysaccharides
Corpus desk
Index EN-lipopolysaccharide · lipopolysaccharide · English
lipopolysaccharide · rank #90,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,665
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH limpid
Nearest frequency peer: limpid (-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 “lipopolysaccharide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lemaitre
Lemaitre
9,342 corpus weight
- Lenape
Lenape
9,340 corpus weight
- Lewistown
Lewistown
9,338 corpus weight
- limpid
limpid
9,337 corpus weight
- lipopolysac…
lipopolysaccharide
9,336 corpus weight
- lithology
lithology
9,334 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lipopolysaccharide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lipopolysaccharide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #90,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lipopolysaccharide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lipopolysaccharide is uncommon English at frequency #90,665 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a large class of lipids conjugated with polysaccharides".
lipopolysaccharide has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lipo- + polysaccharide. The correct English form is lipopolysaccharide, spelled L-I-P-O-P-O-L-Y-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a large class of lipids conjugated with polysaccharides
Etymology
From lipo- + polysaccharide.
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 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).