parotid
"parotid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parotid” is uncommon English (frequency #89,736 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,736
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to the parotid gland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parotid · parotid · English
parotid · rank #89,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,736
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Paraiso
Nearest frequency peer: Paraiso (-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 “parotid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- palpation
palpation
10,274 corpus weight
- Panjab
Panjab
10,272 corpus weight
- papist
papist
10,269 corpus weight
- Paraiso
Paraiso
10,268 corpus weight
- parotid
parotid
10,265 corpus weight
- Patras
Patras
10,262 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “parotid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parotid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parotid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parotid is uncommon English at frequency #89,736 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to the parotid gland.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parotid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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: By surface analysis, para- + ot- + -id, literally “near the ear”. The correct English form is parotid, spelled P-A-R-O-T-I-D.
Definition
- 1Relating to the parotid gland.
Etymology
By surface analysis, para- + ot- + -id, literally “near the ear”.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).