microfiche
/ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/
"microfiche" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“microfiche” is uncommon English (frequency #88,610 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,610
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
Corpus desk
Index EN-microfiche · microfiche · English
microfiche · rank #88,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,610
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH microeconomic
Nearest frequency peer: microeconomic (-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 “microfiche”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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11,396 corpus weight
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11,392 corpus weight
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11,391 corpus weight
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11,390 corpus weight
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11,387 corpus weight
- misapprehen…
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11,385 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “microfiche” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microfiche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microfiche” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
microfiche is uncommon English at frequency #88,610 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for microfiche, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French microfiche. The correct English form is microfiche, spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
- 2A device used to magnify and read these sheets.
Etymology
Borrowed from French microfiche.
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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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.