organometallic
"organometallic" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“organometallic” is uncommon English (frequency #66,164 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,164
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom
Corpus desk
Index EN-organometallic · organometallic · English
organometallic · rank #66,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,164
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH opticians
Nearest frequency peer: opticians (-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 “organometallic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- onlooker
onlooker
33,841 corpus weight
- opticians
opticians
33,838 corpus weight
- organometal…
organometallic
33,837 corpus weight
- orientalist
orientalist
33,836 corpus weight
- OUP
OUP
33,834 corpus weight
- outstrip
outstrip
33,833 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “organometallic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | organometallic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #66,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “organometallic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
organometallic is uncommon English at frequency #66,164 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom".
organometallic has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From organo- + metallic. The correct English form is organometallic, spelled O-R-G-A-N-O-M-E-T-A-L-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom
Etymology
From organo- + metallic.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 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.