parasitoid
"parasitoid" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parasitoid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parasitoid · parasitoid · English
parasitoid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parasitoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parasitoid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parasitoid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parasitoid, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From parasite + -oid. The correct English form is parasitoid, spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parasitoid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All of these solitary parasitoid wasps that use their sting-ovipositors for stinging prey and depositing eggs are subjected to little predatory pressure from large predators.
Etymology
From parasite + -oid.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.