optoelectronic
"optoelectronic" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“optoelectronic” is uncommon English (frequency #79,822 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,822
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to optoelectronics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-optoelectronic · optoelectronic · English
optoelectronic · rank #79,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,822
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH opposable
Nearest frequency peer: opposable (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “optoelectronic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia
20,185 corpus weight
- OPD
OPD
20,182 corpus weight
- opposable
opposable
20,180 corpus weight
- optoelectro…
optoelectronic
20,179 corpus weight
- orn
orn
20,175 corpus weight
- Otley
Otley
20,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “optoelectronic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | optoelectronic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #79,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “optoelectronic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
optoelectronic is uncommon English at frequency #79,822 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for optoelectronic in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From opto- + electronic. The correct English form is optoelectronic, spelled O-P-T-O-E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to optoelectronics.
- 2That has both optical and electronic components, especially such components that interact.
Etymology
From opto- + electronic.
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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