microvascular
"microvascular" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“microvascular” is uncommon English (frequency #79,756 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,756
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Corpus desk
Index EN-microvascular · microvascular · English
microvascular · rank #79,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,756
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH midbrain
Nearest frequency peer: midbrain (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “microvascular”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Melnyk
Melnyk
20,249 corpus weight
- mercantilism
mercantilism
20,248 corpus weight
- meself
meself
20,247 corpus weight
- microvascul…
microvascular
20,245 corpus weight
- midbrain
midbrain
20,244 corpus weight
- milliliter
milliliter
20,241 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “microvascular” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microvascular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “microvascular” in English
Rare enough to double-check
microvascular is uncommon English at frequency #79,756 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels".
No generated misspelling entries exist for microvascular in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From micro- + vascular. The correct English form is microvascular, spelled M-I-C-R-O-V-A-S-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how microvascular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Instead of the capsules, it’s this microvascular network that circulates and delivers the healing agent,” Dr. Sottos said.
Etymology
From micro- + vascular.
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).