polysilicon
"polysilicon" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polysilicon” is uncommon English (frequency #78,033 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,033
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing many silicon atoms, especially when linked into chains or networks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-polysilicon · polysilicon · English
polysilicon · rank #78,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,033
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pongo
Nearest frequency peer: pongo (+2 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 “polysilicon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pliant
pliant
21,974 corpus weight
- Poincaré
Poincaré
21,972 corpus weight
- polysilicon
polysilicon
21,968 corpus weight
- pongo
pongo
21,966 corpus weight
- pott
pott
21,965 corpus weight
- powerboat
powerboat
21,964 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “polysilicon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polysilicon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polysilicon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polysilicon is uncommon English at frequency #78,033 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Containing many silicon atoms, especially when linked into chains or networks.".
polysilicon has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From poly- + silicon. The correct English form is polysilicon, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-I-L-I-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Containing many silicon atoms, especially when linked into chains or networks.
Etymology
From poly- + silicon.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).