photoelectron
"photoelectron" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photoelectron” is uncommon English (frequency #88,711 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,711
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-photoelectron · photoelectron · English
photoelectron · rank #88,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,711
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH phosphodieste…
Nearest frequency peer: phosphodiesterase (-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 “photoelectron”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pharaonic
pharaonic
11,293 corpus weight
- philately
philately
11,292 corpus weight
- phosphodies…
phosphodiesterase
11,291 corpus weight
- photoelectr…
photoelectron
11,290 corpus weight
- pilfer
pilfer
11,288 corpus weight
- pinta
pinta
11,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “photoelectron” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photoelectron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #88,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photoelectron” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
photoelectron is uncommon English at frequency #88,711 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.".
Zero misspellings are on record for photoelectron in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From photo- + electron. The correct English form is photoelectron, spelled P-H-O-T-O-E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.
Etymology
From photo- + electron.
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 "photoelectron", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 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.