monolayer
"monolayer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monolayer” is uncommon English (frequency #78,841 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,841
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A layer of material that is one molecule thick
Corpus desk
Index EN-monolayer · monolayer · English
monolayer · rank #78,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,841
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH monocular
Nearest frequency peer: monocular (-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 “monolayer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Moksha
Moksha
21,164 corpus weight
- monocular
monocular
21,161 corpus weight
- monolayer
monolayer
21,160 corpus weight
- monotonic
monotonic
21,159 corpus weight
- Montenegrin
Montenegrin
21,158 corpus weight
- mortise
mortise
21,156 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “monolayer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monolayer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “monolayer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
monolayer is uncommon English at frequency #78,841 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monolayer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + layer. The correct English form is monolayer, spelled M-O-N-O-L-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1A layer of material that is one molecule thick
- 2A layer of tissue that is one cell thick
Etymology
From mono- + layer.
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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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.