melamine
/ˈmɛl.ə.min/
"melamine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“melamine” is uncommon English (frequency #59,545 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,545
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
Corpus desk
Index EN-melamine · melamine · English
melamine · rank #59,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,545
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH menorah
Nearest frequency peer: menorah (+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 “melamine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- meatless
meatless
40,460 corpus weight
- Medellín
Medellín
40,458 corpus weight
- melamine
melamine
40,456 corpus weight
- menorah
menorah
40,455 corpus weight
- microbiolog…
microbiologist
40,453 corpus weight
- minibar
minibar
40,452 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “melamine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melamine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛl.ə.min/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “melamine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
melamine is uncommon English at frequency #59,545 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɛl.ə.min/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica".
Zero misspellings are on record for melamine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from German Melamin. The correct English form is melamine, spelled M-E-L-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how melamine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My room was everything I expected it to be—cold and cheerless, with melamine furniture, grubbily matted carpet and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above.
The interior melamine panels were designed to be easily removable for repair or future refurbishment, and the linoleum floor was for easy cleaning.
Etymology
Ultimately from German Melamin.
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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