resveratrol

noun

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"resveratrol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“resveratrol” is uncommon English (frequency #63,197 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,197
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A phenolic substance, 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, a stilbenoid and phytoalexin, that is found in some fruits and nuts, and in red wine, and is reputed to have some beneficial properties for humans.

Corpus desk

Index EN-resveratrol · resveratrol · English

resveratrol · rank #63,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,197
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH resubmit

Nearest frequency peer: resubmit (-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 “resveratrol”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “resveratrol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for resveratrol
PropertyValue
Headwordresveratrol
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “resveratrol” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).resveratrolfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “resubmit” (#63,196), “retrovirus” (#63,198), “reexamine” (#63,194). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “resveratrol” is #63,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

resveratrol is uncommon English at frequency #63,197 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A phenolic substance, 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, a stilbenoid and phytoalexin, that is found in some fruits and nuts, and in red wine, and is reputed to have some beneficial properties for humans.".

No misspelling variants are generated for resveratrol in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is resveratrol, spelled R-E-S-V-E-R-A-T-R-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    A phenolic substance, 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, a stilbenoid and phytoalexin, that is found in some fruits and nuts, and in red wine, and is reputed to have some beneficial properties for humans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how resveratrol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Resveratrol (3,4,5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is a phenolic compound of the stilbene family present in wines and various parts of the grape, including the skin, and shows antioxidant and antiproliferative activities.
  2. 2003, Diane F. Birt, Weiqun Wang, Nancy Paiva, Angela Au, Chilly Chung, Laura Schmitt, Yu Jiang, Chapter 5: Cancer Prevention by Phytochemicals, Modulation of Cell Cycle, Mark S. Meskin, Wayne R. Bidlack, Audra J. Davies, Douglas S. Lewis, R. Keith Randolph (editors), Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action, Volume 4, page 64, Resveratrol was first identifie…

This word in other languages

resvératrol(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resveratrol"?
"resveratrol" is spelled R-E-S-V-E-R-A-T-R-O-L.
What does "resveratrol" mean?
As a noun, "resveratrol" means: A phenolic substance, 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, a stilbenoid and phytoalexin, that is found in some fruits and nuts, and in red wine, and is reputed to have some beneficial properties for humans.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "resveratrol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list