red blood cell
/ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/
"red-blood-cell" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“red blood cell” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | red blood cell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “red blood cell” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
red blood cell is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for red blood cell, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is red blood cell, spelled R-E-D- -B-L-O-O-D- -C-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “red blood cell”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-E-D- -B-L-O-O-D- -C-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.