polymer
/ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/
"polymer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polymer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,301
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is for...
Corpus desk
Index EN-polymer · polymer · English
polymer · rank #12,301 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,301
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH precipitation
Nearest frequency peer: precipitation (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “polymer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pillar
pillar
87,705 corpus weight
- plausible
plausible
87,703 corpus weight
- pledged
pledged
87,702 corpus weight
- polymer
polymer
87,700 corpus weight
- precipitati…
precipitation
87,699 corpus weight
- pup
pup
87,696 corpus weight
What this shows “polymer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polymer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “polymer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around polymer (IPA /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,301 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for polymer, with forms such as "oplymer", "ploymer", and "pollymer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "polymeric", "Palmer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one. The correct English form is polymer, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
- 2A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polymer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Etymology
From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplymer
- ploymer
- pollymer
- polmyer
- polyemr
- polymerr
- polymmer
- polymre
- polyymer
- poylmer
- ppolymer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of polymer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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