polychromatic
/ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/
"polychromatic" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polychromatic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
Corpus desk
Index EN-polychromatic · polychromatic · English
polychromatic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | polychromatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polychromatic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polychromatic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for polychromatic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From poly- + chromatic. The correct English form is polychromatic, spelled P-O-L-Y-C-H-R-O-M-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
- 2Composed of more than one wavelength.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polychromatic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With our water goggles adjusted we gazed at the fishes displaying their polychromatic scales to the sea world, as, with true Puka-Pukan languor, they finned from coral to coral.
As I rounded the corner nearest my hotel the Afrite coachman of the polychromatic, nonpareil coat seized me, swung open the dungeony door of his peripatetic sarcophagus, flirted his feather duster and began his ritual: […]
Etymology
From poly- + chromatic.
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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.