phospholipase
"phospholipase" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“phospholipase” is uncommon English (frequency #95,267 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,267
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.
Corpus desk
Index EN-phospholipase · phospholipase · English
phospholipase · rank #95,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,267
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH picador
Nearest frequency peer: picador (+1 rank slots)
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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 “phospholipase”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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What this shows Bars show where “phospholipase” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phospholipase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #95,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “phospholipase” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
phospholipase is uncommon English at frequency #95,267 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for phospholipase, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From phospho- + lipase. The correct English form is phospholipase, spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-O-L-I-P-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.
Etymology
From phospho- + lipase.
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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