quercetin
/ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/
"quercetin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quercetin” is uncommon English (frequency #97,469 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,469
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quercetin · quercetin · English
quercetin · rank #97,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,469
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH Quigg
Nearest frequency peer: Quigg (+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 “quercetin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pufferfish
pufferfish
2,537 corpus weight
- Purnima
Purnima
2,536 corpus weight
- qh
qh
2,534 corpus weight
- quercetin
quercetin
2,532 corpus weight
- Quigg
Quigg
2,531 corpus weight
- Rabbani
Rabbani
2,528 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “quercetin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quercetin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “quercetin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
quercetin is uncommon English at frequency #97,469 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.".
quercetin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: translingual Quercus (“genus of oak”) The correct English form is quercetin, spelled Q-U-E-R-C-E-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quercetin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quercetin has gained the attention of the supplement industry, and is now widely promoted as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant magic bullet.
The one daily supplement that often reduces allergic symptoms across the board is the phytonutrient quercetin, a chemical compound known as a bioflavonoid and found in plants.
Etymology
translingual Quercus (“genus of oak”)
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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