plastid
/ˈplæ.stɪd/
"plastid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plastid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plastid · plastid · English
plastid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plastid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈplæ.stɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plastid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
plastid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈplæ.stɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plastid, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Plastid, from Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós), verbal adjective of πλάσσω (plássō). The correct English form is plastid, spelled P-L-A-S-T-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
Etymology
From German Plastid, from Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós), verbal adjective of πλάσσω (plássō).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.