polyhedra
/pɒl.iˈhiː.dɹə/
"polyhedra" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polyhedra” is uncommon English (frequency #88,722 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,722
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of polyhedron
Corpus desk
Index EN-polyhedra · polyhedra · English
polyhedra · rank #88,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,722
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH polyhedron
Nearest frequency peer: polyhedron (+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 “polyhedra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Platon
Platon
11,284 corpus weight
- PMB
PMB
11,283 corpus weight
- polyhedra
polyhedra
11,279 corpus weight
- polyhedron
polyhedron
11,278 corpus weight
- poot
poot
11,277 corpus weight
- potatoe
potatoe
11,274 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “polyhedra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyhedra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɒl.iˈhiː.dɹə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polyhedra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polyhedra is uncommon English at frequency #88,722 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɒl.iˈhiː.dɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of polyhedron".
polyhedra doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is polyhedra, spelled P-O-L-Y-H-E-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1plural of polyhedron
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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