plexiglass
"plexiglass" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plexiglass” is uncommon English (frequency #67,738 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,738
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plexiglass · plexiglass · English
plexiglass · rank #67,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,738
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH playability
Nearest frequency peer: playability (-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 “plexiglass”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pinyin
pinyin
32,267 corpus weight
- pitstop
pitstop
32,265 corpus weight
- playability
playability
32,264 corpus weight
- plexiglass
plexiglass
32,263 corpus weight
- poignantly
poignantly
32,262 corpus weight
- Poona
Poona
32,261 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plexiglass” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plexiglass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plexiglass” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plexiglass is uncommon English at frequency #67,738 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plexiglass, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Plexiglas, a trademark. The correct English form is plexiglass, spelled P-L-E-X-I-G-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plexiglass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The wall and door of the compartment on the corridor side are of plexiglass, fully curtained on the inside.
A new concept car from Honda — a hydrogen-powered vehicle — sat inside the walls of a just-completed plexiglass tent at the corner of Seventh and Main Streets in the heart of downtown Park City, promoting the green pleasures of its energy conservation.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Plexiglas, a trademark.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 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.