polyamide
"polyamide" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polyamide” is uncommon English (frequency #80,765 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,765
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-polyamide · polyamide · English
polyamide · rank #80,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,765
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH poliovirus
Nearest frequency peer: poliovirus (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “polyamide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plumper
plumper
19,240 corpus weight
- plunket
plunket
19,239 corpus weight
- poliovirus
poliovirus
19,237 corpus weight
- polyamide
polyamide
19,236 corpus weight
- portend
portend
19,234 corpus weight
- portentous
portentous
19,233 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “polyamide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyamide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polyamide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polyamide is uncommon English at frequency #80,765 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for polyamide in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 poly- + amide. The correct English form is polyamide, spelled P-O-L-Y-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polyamide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Etymology
From poly- + amide.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).