phospholipid
/ˌfɑs.foʊˈlɪ.pɪd/
"phospholipid" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“phospholipid” is uncommon English (frequency #76,212 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,212
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents o...
Corpus desk
Index EN-phospholipid · phospholipid · English
phospholipid · rank #76,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,212
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH photogrammetry
Nearest frequency peer: photogrammetry (+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 “phospholipid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Peretz
Peretz
23,793 corpus weight
- Petrova
Petrova
23,791 corpus weight
- phospholipid
phospholipid
23,789 corpus weight
- photogramme…
photogrammetry
23,788 corpus weight
- pigtail
pigtail
23,787 corpus weight
- pisco
pisco
23,785 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “phospholipid” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phospholipid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌfɑs.foʊˈlɪ.pɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “phospholipid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
phospholipid is uncommon English at frequency #76,212 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌfɑs.foʊˈlɪ.pɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents o...".
phospholipid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From phospho- + lipid. The correct English form is phospholipid, spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-O-L-I-P-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.
Etymology
From phospho- + lipid.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "phospholipid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 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.