Mendelian
"mendelian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mendelian” is uncommon English (frequency #78,818 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,818
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories of genetics
Corpus desk
Index EN-mendelian · Mendelian · English
Mendelian · rank #78,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,818
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH meritocratic
Nearest frequency peer: meritocratic (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mendelian”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McCafferty
McCafferty
21,187 corpus weight
- Meenakshi
Meenakshi
21,186 corpus weight
- Mendelian
Mendelian
21,183 corpus weight
- meritocratic
meritocratic
21,182 corpus weight
- metallurgist
metallurgist
21,181 corpus weight
- metastable
metastable
21,180 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mendelian” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mendelian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mendelian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mendelian is uncommon English at frequency #78,818 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Mendelian doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mendel + -ian. The correct English form is Mendelian, spelled M-E-N-D-E-L-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories of genetics
- 2Following Gregor Mendel's laws of intergenerational gene transmission.
- 3Of or relating to Mendel's laws of gene transmission.
Etymology
From Mendel + -ian.
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.
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 "Mendelian", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.