oligonucleotide
"oligonucleotide" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oligonucleotide” is uncommon English (frequency #73,494 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,494
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oligonucleotide · oligonucleotide · English
oligonucleotide · rank #73,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,494
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Odie
Nearest frequency peer: Odie (-3 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 “oligonucleotide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nug
nug
26,514 corpus weight
- nympho
nympho
26,513 corpus weight
- obstruction…
obstructionist
26,511 corpus weight
- Odie
Odie
26,510 corpus weight
- oligonucleo…
oligonucleotide
26,507 corpus weight
- Oona
Oona
26,504 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oligonucleotide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oligonucleotide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #73,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oligonucleotide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oligonucleotide is uncommon English at frequency #73,494 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for oligonucleotide in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From oligo- + nucleotide. The correct English form is oligonucleotide, spelled O-L-I-G-O-N-U-C-L-E-O-T-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.
Etymology
From oligo- + nucleotide.
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.
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