organelle
/ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/
"organelle" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“organelle” is uncommon English (frequency #81,653 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,653
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | organelle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “organelle” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
organelle is uncommon English at frequency #81,653 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).".
organelle has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From organ + -elle. The correct English form is organelle, spelled O-R-G-A-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
Etymology
From organ + -elle.
Synonyms
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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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Using “organelle”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-R-G-A-N-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.