macromolecular
"macromolecular" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“macromolecular” is uncommon English (frequency #66,063 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,063
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to a macromolecule
Corpus desk
Index EN-macromolecular · macromolecular · English
macromolecular · rank #66,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,063
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Macey
Nearest frequency peer: Macey (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “macromolecular”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- luma
luma
33,944 corpus weight
- Lumina
Lumina
33,943 corpus weight
- Lydon
Lydon
33,942 corpus weight
- Macey
Macey
33,939 corpus weight
- macromolecu…
macromolecular
33,938 corpus weight
- Maratha
Maratha
33,933 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “macromolecular” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macromolecular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #66,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macromolecular” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
macromolecular is uncommon English at frequency #66,063 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to a macromolecule".
macromolecular doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From macro- + molecular. The correct English form is macromolecular, spelled M-A-C-R-O-M-O-L-E-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to a macromolecule
Etymology
From macro- + molecular.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "macromolecular", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.