perchlorate
/pə(ɹ)ˈklɔːɹeɪt/
"perchlorate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perchlorate” is uncommon English (frequency #77,079 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,079
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perchlorate · perchlorate · English
perchlorate · rank #77,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,079
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH penman
Nearest frequency peer: penman (-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 “perchlorate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- peavy
peavy
22,924 corpus weight
- penman
penman
22,923 corpus weight
- perchlorate
perchlorate
22,922 corpus weight
- perihelion
perihelion
22,921 corpus weight
- peripherally
peripherally
22,920 corpus weight
- Perrault
Perrault
22,919 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perchlorate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perchlorate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pə(ɹ)ˈklɔːɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perchlorate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perchlorate is uncommon English at frequency #77,079 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pə(ɹ)ˈklɔːɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perchlorate, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From perchloric acid + -ate (“derivative”). The correct English form is perchlorate, spelled P-E-R-C-H-L-O-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.
Etymology
From perchloric acid + -ate (“derivative”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).